A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Crows
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Crow at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Crows lived
- 1
2810 Ontario Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Annie L Crow, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: D Porter at 2832. The block, door by door
- 2
2365 West 1st Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- G Crow, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: R J Martin at 2355 and Mrs S J Bruce at 2371. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a clerk. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Annie L Crow at 2810 Ontario Street, widow of J. G Crow is listed at 2365 West 1st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists G Crow there as the householder, a clerk.
Today
2365 West 1st (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2810 Ontario, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Crow Annie L wid J2810 Ontario, p. 141
- Crow G2365 West 1st, p. 173
- Crow G clk2365 West 1st, p. 141
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Crows
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Crow 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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Another name, or a house
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.