A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Creigs
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Creig at one address, 1630 East Georgia Street in Grandview-Woodland, in 1940.
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The Creigs at home
Woodland
- 1
1630 East Georgia Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs A Creig, widow of J W 1940
- James B Creig 1940
- Wilson H Creig, a wireless operator 1940
Next door in 1940: D Conway at 1628 and F Kinvig at 1634. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a wireless operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Grandview-Woodland. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Creig at 1630 East Georgia Street; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Agnes Creig there as the householder, widow of J W, with James B Creig, and Wilson H Creig, a wireless operator.
Today
The City no longer lists 1630 East Georgia, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Creig Mrs A1630 East Georgia, p. 55
- Creig Agnes wid J W1630 East Georgia, p. 138
- Creig Jas B1630 East Georgia, p. 138
- Creig Wilson H wireless opr1630 East Georgia, p. 138
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Creigs
Every directory, as one book
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under C. Want a name removed? Tell us.