A family name on East 15th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Greens
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Green at three addresses in 1940, all on East 15th Avenue, with the close spelling Gren. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
242 East 15th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs M A Green, a dressmaker 1940
- Frederick J Green 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Thomas at 238 and A F Peet at 250. The block, door by door
- 2
260 East 15th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Elizabeth J Green 1940
Next door in 1940: Y C Leong at 256 and S Marshall at 266. The block, door by door
- 3
323 East 15th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J E Green 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Low at 327. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a dressmaker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3). 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 Mrs M A Green, a dressmaker, at 242 East 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Myrtle A Green there, a dressmaker, with Frederick J Green. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth J Green at 260 East 15th Avenue.
J E Green is listed at 323 East 15th Avenue in 1940; 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 James E Green there as the householder.
Today
260 East 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 242 East 15th (2006) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 323 East 15th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Green Mrs M A drsmkr242 East 15th, p. 218
- Green Fredk J242 East 15th, p. 238
- Green Mrs Myrtle A drsmkr242 East 15th, p. 239
- Green Eliz J260 East 15th, p. 238
- *Green J E323 East 15th, p. 218
- Green Jas E323 East 15th, p. 239
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.