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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Crowders

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at eight addresses

The directories print 13 people named Crowder at eight addresses in 1940 in six 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 Crowders at 195 East 33rd in 1940.

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Where the Crowders 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

    1114 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • R Crowder 1940
  2. 2

    1443 East 1st Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Carl O Crowder 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Ossinger at 1437 and T N Raine at 1449. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    59 East 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F F Crowder, a janitor at Toronto General Trust 1940
    • Alfred R Crowder 1940

    Next door in 1940: L McLean at 27 and C E Witter at 77. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3335 East 29th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs M E Crowder, widow of F W 1940
    • William R Crowder 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Goldie at 3309 and H Jennings at 3347. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    195 East 33rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • N Crowder, a grocer 1940
    • Joseph N Crowder, a druggist at Owl Drug 1940
    • Lloyd A Crowder, a school teacher at Richmond Municipality 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F Robinson at 177. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4899 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • N Crowder, a grocer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gawne (no first name printed) at 4897. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3624 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • S Crowder, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: D F Christian at 3616 and H L Longman at 3634. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1432 West 47th Avenue

    Oakridge, 1940

    • Mrs A A Crowder 1940
    • Joseph A Crowder 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E Morrison at 1420 and S T Willis at 1444. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the 13: a druggist, a grocer, a janitor, a painter and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (3), Grandview-Woodland, Oakridge, Renfrew-Collingwood, 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 R Crowder at 1114 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists Carl O Crowder at 1443 East 1st Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists F F Crowder at 59 East 20th Avenue; 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 Fletcher F Crowder there as the householder, a janitor at Toronto General Trust, with Alfred R Crowder.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M E Crowder at 3335 East 29th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Muriel E Crowder there as the householder, widow of F W, with William R Crowder. In 1940 the directory lists N Crowder at 195 East 33rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Newton Crowder there as the householder, a grocer, with Joseph N Crowder, a druggist at Owl Drug, and Lloyd A Crowder, a school teacher at Richmond Municipality.

In 1940 the directory lists N Crowder, a grocer, at 4899 Main Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. S Crowder is listed at 3624 West 15th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Stan Crowder there as the householder, a painter.

Mrs A A Crowder is listed at 1432 West 47th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Annie A Crowder there as the householder, with Joseph A Crowder.

Today

1114 Barclay, 59 East 20th, 3335 East 29th and 3624 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1114 Barclay on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 195 East 33rd (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1443 East 1st, 4899 Main and 1432 West 47th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 18 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.