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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cressmans

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Cressman at six addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Cressmans at 3439 West 26th in 1940.

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Where the Cressmans lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    690 Bute Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Walter Cressman, proprietor of Prescription Pharmacy 1940

    Next door in 1940: W McC Moore at 644. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1176 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W W Cressman 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Davis at 1168 and Peter Pan Cafe at 1180. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2525 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Margaret Cressman, widow of J B 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Miller at 2515 and Mrs M M Curran at 2535. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1985 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Leita Cressman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Wilson at 1975 and W K Hope at 1995. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3771 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • L La V Cressman, a deputy inspector at the Board of Grain Commissioners 1940

    Next door in 1940: McLean (no first name printed) at 3759 and H H Woodside at 3793. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3439 West 26th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A J Cressman 1940
    • Elmer Cressman 1940
    • Roxy M Cressman, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F Hill at 3431 and W Greenhalgh at 3449. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a deputy inspector, a nurse and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kitsilano (2), Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey. 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 Walter Cressman at 690 Bute Street, proprietor of Prescription Pharmacy. The 1940 name section lists W W Cressman at 1176 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Cressman at 2525 West 10th Avenue, widow of J B. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Leita Cressman at 1985 West 14th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists L La V Cressman at 3771 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists L La Verne Cressman there as the householder, a deputy inspector at the Board of Grain Commissioners. In 1940 the directory lists A J Cressman at 3439 West 26th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Allen J Cressman there as the householder, with Elmer Cressman, and Roxy M Cressman, a nurse.

Today

1176 Granville, 2525 West 10th, 1985 West 14th and 3771 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3439 West 26th (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 690 Bute, so that building is 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

The book of the Cressmans

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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.