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The Crosslands

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Crossland at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Crosland. 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 Crosslands 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

    2340 Cornwall Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Crossland, a caretaker at Park Manor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Fleming at 2330 and 5 listings at 2350. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    40 West 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Eleanor Crossland, a matron at the Catholic Children's Aid Society 1940

    Next door in 1940: F D Carlisle at 38 and G Forey at 70. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    639 West 21st Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • R P Crosland, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R Westlake at 641. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3870 West 26th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Crossland, a tinsmith at BC Sugar 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Dumble at 3858 and B Fahrni at 3876. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3642 West 27th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F J Crossland, a mining engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Flynn at 3658. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2344 West 41st Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • A Crossland 1940

    Next door in 1940: BC Tel Co Ltd (Kerrisdale Exchange) at 2308 and Plumbing Kerrisdale at 2392. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a caretaker, a matron, a mining engineer, a salesman and a tinsmith.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Arbutus Ridge, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and South Cambie. 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 J Crossland at 2340 Cornwall Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Crossland there as the householder, a caretaker at Park Manor. The 1940 name section lists Eleanor Crossland at 40 West 15th Avenue, a matron at the Catholic Children's Aid Society.

R P Crosland is listed at 639 West 21st 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 Robert P Crosland there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries. J Crossland is listed at 3870 West 26th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Crossland there as the householder, a tinsmith at BC Sugar.

F J Crossland is listed at 3642 West 27th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Francis J Crossland there as the householder, a mining engineer. A Crossland is listed at 2344 West 41st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Crossland there as the householder.

Today

2340 Cornwall and 3642 West 27th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3870 West 26th (2020) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 40 West 15th, 639 West 21st and 2344 West 41st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.