A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Crisps
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Crisp at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Crisps lived
- 1
903 East 27th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W T Crisp, a carpenter 1940
- Teresa C Crisp, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Love at 911. The block, door by door
- 2
1119 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- John R G Crispo, a secretary-treasurer at Billingsgate Fish 1940
Next door in 1940: Murray Gro & Conf at 1117 and Mrs M Hurliman at 1127. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a carpenter, a saleswoman and a secretary-treasurer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 W T Crisp at 903 East 27th Avenue; 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 William T Crisp there as the householder, a carpenter, with Teresa C Crisp, a saleswoman at Woodward's. The 1940 name section lists John R G Crispo at 1119 Hornby Street, a secretary-treasurer at Billingsgate Fish.
Today
1119 Hornby still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 903 East 27th (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Crisp W T903 East 27th, p. 242
- Crisp Teresa C slswm Woodwards903 East 27th, p. 139
- Crisp Wm T carp903 East 27th, p. 139
- Crispo John R G sec-treas Billingsgate Fish1119 Hornby, p. 139
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Crisps
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Crisp name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.