A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Cropleys
In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses
The directories print six people named Cropley at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Cropleys at 2734 Main in 1940.
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Where the Cropleys lived
- 1
1511 Commercial Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- A F Cropley 1940
Next door in 1940: Zella Hankins at 1509 and Magnet Hdw & Crockery at 1517. The block, door by door
- 2
2734 Main Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- C W Cropley, retired 1940
- Henry L Cropley, a clerk 1940
- Wilfred C Cropley, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: J Wanner at 2730 and Mrs E Oldford at 2748. The block, door by door
- 3
2267 Nanaimo Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Miss I Cropley 1940
- Isabelle Cropley, a nurse 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Forslund at 2225. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a clerk, a laborer and a nurse.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 A F Cropley at 1511 Commercial Drive. C W Cropley is listed at 2734 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Chris W Cropley there as the householder, retired, with Henry L Cropley, a clerk, and Wilfred C Cropley, a laborer.
Miss I Cropley is listed at 2267 Nanaimo Street 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 Isabelle Cropley there as the householder, a nurse.
Today
1511 Commercial Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 2267 Nanaimo (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2734 Main, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Cropley A F1511 Commercial Drive, p. 33
- Cropley C W2734 Main, p. 108
- Cropley Chris W retired2734 Main, p. 140
- Cropley Henry L clk2734 Main, p. 140
- Cropley Wilfd C lab2734 Main, p. 140
- *Cropley Miss I2267 Nanaimo, p. 116
- Cropley Isabelle nurse2267 Nanaimo, p. 140
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Cropleys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Cropley 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.