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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Crichtons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Crichton at four 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.

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Where the Crichtons 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

    1115 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M Crichton, widow of R 1940
    • Robert Crichton, a warehouseman at Vancouver Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K Lockhart at 1121. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    126 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Crichton 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs U Sawada at 122. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2835 West 30th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Alice Crichton, widow of G 1940

    Next door in 1940: T C Littler at 2825 and Miss M M Timbers at 2845. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3377 West 39th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R Crichton 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Mayall at 3363 and A Dettman at 3391. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a warehouseman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands 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

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Crichton at 1115 Comox 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 Mary Crichton there as the householder, widow of R, with Robert Crichton, a warehouseman at Vancouver Supplies. The 1940 name section lists John Crichton at 126 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Alice Crichton at 2835 West 30th Avenue, widow of G.

In 1940 the directory lists R Crichton at 3377 West 39th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert Crichton there as the householder.

Today

2835 West 30th and 3377 West 39th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1115 Comox and 126 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees
1925 Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees. Not at the house at 1115 Comox: no archive photo of the 1100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Crichtons

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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.