A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Cruikshanks
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Cruikshank at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Cruikshanks lived
- 1
- 2
723 East 10th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Andrew J Cruikshank 1940
Next door in 1940: E F Webb at 729. The block, door by door
- 3
1026 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- Cruikshank (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: A H Johnson at 1024 and Mrs F Weinborn at 1032. The block, door by door
- 4
3736 West 26th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J R H Cruikshank, a president at Pacific Publishers Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Ferrier at 3716 and M J Sweeney at 3750. The block, door by door
- 5
2755 West 8th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs Florence O Cruikshank 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H A Parker at 2745 and J E Vanderwarker at 2765. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a driver and a president.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands 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 C Cruikshank at 1609 Cypress Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles Cruikshank there as the householder, a driver at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists Andrew J Cruikshank at 723 East 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Cruikshank (no first name printed) at 1026 Richards Street.
In 1940 the directory lists J R H Cruikshank at 3736 West 26th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James R H Cruikshank there as the householder, a president at Pacific Publishers Ltd. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Florence O Cruikshank at 2755 West 8th Avenue.
Today
1609 Cypress, 723 East 10th and 2755 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2755 West 8th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3736 West 26th (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1026 Richards, 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.
- Cruikshank C1609 Cypress, p. 39
- Cruikshank Chas drvr Spencers1609 Cypress, p. 141
- Cruikshank Andw J723 East 10th, p. 141
- Cruikshank —1026 Richards, p. 141
- Cruikshank J R H3736 West 26th, p. 241
- Cruikshank Jas R H pres Pac Publishers Ltd3736 West 26th, p. 141
- Cruikshank Mrs Florence O2755 West 8th, p. 141
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Cruikshanks
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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.