A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
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 West 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
2055 West 15th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Elizabeth J Green, a housekeeper for G Strachan 1940
Next door in 1940: F Dallas at 2045 and G A Higginbotham at 2065. The block, door by door
- 2
3888 West 15th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- R T Green, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Hatch at 3884 and G Boyles at 3898. The block, door by door
- 3
4243 West 15th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- M V Green, a salesman at Calhoun's Smile Hats 1940
Next door in 1940: L A Sturgess at 4237 and G McKenney at 4247. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a housekeeper, a salesman and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Elizabeth J Green at 2055 West 15th Avenue, a housekeeper for G Strachan. R T Green is listed at 3888 West 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 Rowland T Green there as the householder, a school teacher.
M V Green is listed at 4243 West 15th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Myles V Green there as the householder, a salesman at Calhoun's Smile Hats.
Today
3888 West 15th and 4243 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2055 West 15th, 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.
- Green Eliz J hsekpr G Strachan2055 West 15th, p. 238
- *Green R T3888 West 15th, p. 221
- Green Rowland T sch tchr Van City3888 West 15th, p. 239
- *Green M V4243 West 15th, p. 221
- Green Myles V slsmn Calhoun's Smile Hats4243 West 15th, p. 239
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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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.