A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Crones
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Crone 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 Crones lived
- 1
742 Broughton Street
West End, 1940
- Helen Crone, a widow 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs V M Davey at 722 and Mrs J Mortensen at 756. The block, door by door
- 2
3651 Osler Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- W H Crone, a manager at Crone Storage 1940
Next door in 1940: H J Mackin at 3603 and W W Colledge at 3699. The block, door by door
- 3
3001 Point Grey Road
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs L B Crone, widow of F 1940
Next door in 1940: F J Flanagan at 3003. The block, door by door
- 4
4490 West 11th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- A Crone, a longshoreman 1940
- Thomas H Crone, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: H Green at 4484. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a longshoreman and a manager. Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano, Shaughnessy, West End and West Point Grey. 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 Helen Crone at 742 Broughton Street, a widow. W H Crone is listed at 3651 Osler Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Wilbert H Crone there as the householder, a manager at Crone Storage.
Mrs L B Crone is listed at 3001 Point Grey Road 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 L Blanche Crone there as the householder, widow of F. A Crone is listed at 4490 West 11th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex Crone there as the householder, a longshoreman, with Thomas H Crone, a student at UBC.
Today
3651 Osler and 4490 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 742 Broughton and 3001 Point Grey Road, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Crone Helen wid —742 Broughton, p. 139
- Crone W H3651 Osler, p. 123
- Crone Wilbert H mgr Crone Stge3651 Osler, p. 139
- *Crone Mrs L B3001 Point Grey Road, p. 134
- Crone L Blanche wid F3001 Point Grey Road, p. 139
- *Crone A4490 West 11th, p. 205
- Crone Alex lngshmn4490 West 11th, p. 139
- Crone Thos H studt UBC4490 West 11th, p. 139
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Crones
Every directory, as one book
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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.