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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Crippses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Cripps at five addresses in 1940 in three 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 Crippses 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

    1662 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • J M Cripps 1940
    • Jack N Cripps, proprietor of the Vancouver Riding Academy 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Stevens at 1652 and A M Colban at 1670. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1528 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • T H Cripps, retired 1940
    • Harry Cripps 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss P Mitchell at 1526 and brynteg apts at 1552. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1549 East 8th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R H Cripps, a moulder at the Star Foundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Birkett at 1543 and Mrs K A McDonell at 1551. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1822 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Alice M Cripps, widow of F H 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Crowe at 1816 and A Dobson at 1840. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3989 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W N Cripps, an attendant at Devonshire Parking 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J S Jewell at 3983 and T W Poole at 3995. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: an attendant, a moulder and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3), Dunbar-Southlands and 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 J M Cripps at 1662 Alberni Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jack N Cripps there, proprietor of the Vancouver Riding Academy. In 1940 the directory lists T H Cripps at 1528 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas H Cripps there as the householder, retired, with Harry Cripps.

In 1940 the directory lists R H Cripps at 1549 East 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Reginald H Cripps there as the householder, a moulder at the Star Foundry. The 1940 name section lists Alice M Cripps at 1822 Pendrell Street, widow of F H.

W N Cripps is listed at 3989 West 22nd Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Wilfred N Cripps there as the householder, an attendant at Devonshire Parking.

Today

1549 East 8th (2002) and 3989 West 22nd (2006) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1662 Alberni, 1528 Davie and 1822 Pendrell, 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, street section

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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.