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The Crocketts

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Crockett at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Crocketts 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

    1041 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • John R Crockett, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Simmers at 1033 and Mrs R E Wray at 1047. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    21 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs H A Crockett, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A L Grey at 7 and T S Alabaster at 33. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2163 Napier Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • David Crockett, a cashier at Storey & Campbell 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Munsie at 2157 and D C Coates at 2185. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    579 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • G W Crockett, a superintendent at Carter Halls Aldinger 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Beaucamp at 575 and S A Humphreys at 583. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3611 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • William Crockett, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Bowdridge at 3621. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a cashier, a dentist and a superintendent. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Riley Park, South Cambie 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John R Crockett at 1041 Comox Street, a dentist. Mrs H A Crockett is listed at 21 East 17th 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 Helen A Crockett there as the householder, widow of J. The 1940 name section lists David Crockett at 2163 Napier Street, a cashier at Storey & Campbell.

In 1940 the directory lists G W Crockett at 579 West 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George W Crockett there as the householder, a superintendent at Carter Halls Aldinger. The 1940 name section lists William Crockett at 3611 West 18th Avenue, retired.

Today

1041 Comox, 21 East 17th, 2163 Napier and 579 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1041 Comox on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3611 West 18th (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, 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.