A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Croziers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Crozier 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 Croziers lived
- 1
1042 Davie Street
West End, 1940
- J H Crozier 1940
- Mary A L Crozier, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs I Menzies at 1038 and H Davies at 1046. The block, door by door
- 2
674 West 12th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs M A Crozier, widow of C D 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J Morrison at 666 and Twelfth & Heather Sev Sta at 698. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and West End. 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 H Crozier at 1042 Davie Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists James H Crozier there as the householder, with Mary A L Crozier, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M A Crozier at 674 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mary A Crozier there as the householder, widow of C D.
Today
1042 Davie still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 674 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Crozier J H1042 Davie, p. 40
- Crozier Jas H1042 Davie, p. 141
- Crozier Mary A L sch tchr Bby Corpn1042 Davie, p. 141
- *Crozier Mrs M A674 West 12th, p. 207
- Crozier Mary A wid C D674 West 12th, p. 141
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Croziers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Crozier 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.