A family name on Alberta Street, Mount Pleasant
The Greens
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Green at two addresses in 1940, all on Alberta Street, with the close spelling Gren. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 110 other streets too, all listed on the Green name's own page.
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Where the Greens lived
- 1
2132 Alberta Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- G Green, a helper at the Vivian Engineering Works 1940
- Elizabeth Y M Green, an operator for Pioneer Envelopes 1940
Next door in 1940: T Goode at 2128 and J O Stromgren at 2138. The block, door by door
- 2
2718 Alberta Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Alex Green 1940
- Annie Green, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: J C Cottrell at 2708. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a helper, an operator and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2). 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 G Green at 2132 Alberta Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Green there as the householder, a helper at the Vivian Engineering Works, with George M Green, and Elizabeth Y M Green, an operator for Pioneer Envelopes. The 1940 name section lists Alex Green at 2718 Alberta Street, with Annie Green, a school teacher.
Today
2718 Alberta still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 2132 Alberta (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Green G2132 Alberta, p. 3
- Green Eliz Y M opr Pioneer Envelopes2132 Alberta, p. 238
- Green Geo hlpr Vivian Eng Wks2132 Alberta, p. 238
- Green Geo M2132 Alberta, p. 238
- Green Alex2718 Alberta, p. 238
- Green Annie sch tchr Van City2718 Alberta, p. 238
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Greens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Green 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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.