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The Crockers

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at ten addresses

The directories print 13 people named Crocker at ten addresses in 1940 in nine 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 Crockers at 1226 West 8th in 1940.

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Where the Crockers 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

    220 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • R Crocker, a 2nd engineer at Commodore Towing 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Machida at 230. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3551 East 29th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • M Crocker 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G M Taylor at 3549 and H S Kent at 3553. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    901 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Crocker (no first name printed), a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Lenk at 915. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1736 Macdonald Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Herbert Crocker, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A F W Annandale at 1730 and E M Clay at 1742. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5251 Nanaimo Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C Crocker, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H M Bird at 5217 and G W Nott at 5285. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4126 Pine Crescent

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • S J Crocker 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Jurgensen at 4164. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3458 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs J Crocker, widow of T 1940
    • James V Crocker, a clerk at J M Brown Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: R F Maddex at 3450 and G Ross at 3466. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3435 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Edith M Crocker, a stenographer at Canadian Red Cross 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Boden at 3421 and Mrs F M Pratt at 3449. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    3028 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Frances A Crocker, a clerk at H M Shingle 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F Colquhoun at 3054. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    1226 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R Crocker, a salesman for Cunningham Trapp 1940
    • Arthur G Crocker, a service station attendant 1940
    • Don J Crocker, a clerk at Canadian Ice Machine 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Kinsman at 1234. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the 13: a clerk (3), a driver, a salesman, a service station attendant and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale, Renfrew-Collingwood, Shaughnessy and Strathcona. 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 R Crocker at 220 Alexander Street, a 2nd engineer at Commodore Towing. M Crocker is listed at 3551 East 29th 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 Math Crocker there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Crocker (no first name printed) at 901 Hornby Street, a driver.

The 1940 name section lists Herbert Crocker at 1736 Macdonald Street, retired. C Crocker is listed at 5251 Nanaimo Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles Crocker there as the householder, retired. S J Crocker is listed at 4126 Pine Crescent in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Crocker at 3458 West 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Jessie Crocker there as the householder, widow of T, with James V Crocker, a clerk at J M Brown Motor. The 1940 name section lists Edith M Crocker at 3435 West 3rd Avenue, a stenographer at Canadian Red Cross. The 1940 name section lists Frances A Crocker at 3028 West 42nd Avenue, a clerk at H M Shingle.

In 1940 the directory lists R Crocker at 1226 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Reginald Crocker there as the householder, a salesman for Cunningham Trapp, with Arthur G Crocker, a service station attendant, and Don J Crocker, a clerk at Canadian Ice Machine.

Today

220 Alexander, 1736 Macdonald and 3435 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 3435 West 3rd on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3551 East 29th (1985), 5251 Nanaimo (1968), 3458 West 20th (2005) and 3028 West 42nd (1987) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 901 Hornby, 4126 Pine Crescent and 1226 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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.