A family name on East 23rd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Greens
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Green at three addresses in 1940, all on East 23rd 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
796 East 23rd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Daniel R Green, a shipper at Frostkist Ice Cream 1940
Next door in 1940: W K Russell at 786. The block, door by door
- 2
941 East 23rd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W L H Green, in real estate 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Smith at 925 and E W Hodgson at 951. The block, door by door
- 3
2535 East 23rd Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- F T Green, a journeyman at Birks 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs P Eden at 2541. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a journeyman, a real estate and a shipper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Daniel R Green at 796 East 23rd Avenue, a shipper at Frostkist Ice Cream. W L H Green is listed at 941 East 23rd 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 W L Harcourt Green there as the householder, a clerk, with William Green, in real estate.
F T Green is listed at 2535 East 23rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank T Green there as the householder, a journeyman at Birks, with Frances Green, a saleswoman.
Today
796 East 23rd and 941 East 23rd still have their buildings from before 1946; 2535 East 23rd (1978) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Green Danl R shpr Frostkist Ice Cream796 East 23rd, p. 238
- *Green W L H941 East 23rd, p. 236
- Green W941 East 23rd, p. 236
- Green W L Harcourt clk941 East 23rd, p. 239
- Green Wm real est941 East 23rd, p. 239
- *Green F T2535 East 23rd, p. 237
- Green Frances slswm2535 East 23rd, p. 238
- Green Frank T journeymn Birks2535 East 23rd, p. 238
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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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.