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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Crerars

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Crerar at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Crerars lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1021 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ethel F Crerar, a telephone operator at the Georgia Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N S Switzer at 1017 and M C O'Brien at 1025. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1115 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Henry H Crerar, a salesman for F A Cleland 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Malty at 1105 and Mrs L W Johnston at 1125. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2827 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • N Crerar, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Q Drysdale at 2819 and A Jessiman at 2835. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3896 West 17th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • M D Crerar, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Norrie at 3890. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2705 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Crerar 1940
    • Mrs Margaret Crerar 1940

    Next door in 1940: H T Hill at 2703 and Mrs A Inches at 2745. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2256 West 43rd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • H H Crerar, a clerk at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Smith at 2244 and J A McCulloch at 2268. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a clerk, a conductor, a cook, a salesman and a telephone operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Kerrisdale and West End. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ethel F Crerar at 1021 Nelson Street, a telephone operator at the Georgia Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Henry H Crerar at 1115 West 10th Avenue, a salesman for F A Cleland. In 1940 the directory lists N Crerar at 2827 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Neil Crerar there as the householder, a cook.

The 1940 name section lists M D Crerar at 3896 West 17th Avenue, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. J Crerar is listed at 2705 West 1st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John Crerar there as the householder, with Mrs Margaret Crerar.

H H Crerar is listed at 2256 West 43rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists H Hatton Crerar there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Telephone.

Today

2827 West 12th, 3896 West 17th and 2705 West 1st still have their buildings from before 1946; 1115 West 10th (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1021 Nelson and 2256 West 43rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.