A family name on West 21st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge
The Greens
In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses
The directories print six people named Green at four addresses in 1940, all on West 21st 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Greens lived
- 1
115 West 21st Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Mary J Green, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: J K Eagan at 107 and C H Burns at 121. The block, door by door
- 2
276 West 21st Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Miss M M Green 1940
- Margaret M Green, a stenographer at the Canadian Government 1940
Next door in 1940: A R Davie at 252 and W Ross at 286. The block, door by door
- 3
3883 West 21st Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- C J Green, a railway mail clerk at the Canadian Government 1940
- Charles A Green, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: F H Peterson at 3873 and F N Lawrance at 3895. The block, door by door
- 4
3953 West 21st Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W A Green, an advertising manager at the Province 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E G S Lightfoot at 3947 and D G Campbell at 3961. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a stenographer (2), an advertising manager and a railway mail clerk. Two of them worked for Canadian Government.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Riley Park (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary J Green at 115 West 21st Avenue, a stenographer. Miss M M Green is listed at 276 West 21st 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 Margaret M Green there as the householder, a stenographer at the Canadian Government.
C J Green is listed at 3883 West 21st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles J Green there as the householder, a railway mail clerk at the Canadian Government, with Charles A Green, a student. W A Green is listed at 3953 West 21st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred A Green there as the householder, an advertising manager at the Province.
Today
115 West 21st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 276 West 21st (1989), 3883 West 21st (2015) and 3953 West 21st (2015) have newer buildings, 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 Mary J sten115 West 21st, p. 239
- *Green Miss M M276 West 21st, p. 233
- Green Margt M sten Can Govt276 West 21st, p. 239
- *Green C J3883 West 21st, p. 233
- Green Chas A studt3883 West 21st, p. 238
- Green Chas J ry ml clk Can Govt3883 West 21st, p. 238
- *Green W A3953 West 21st, p. 233
- Green Wilfd A adv mgr Province3953 West 21st, 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.