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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Greenans

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Greenan at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Greenans lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    35 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • A G Greenan, a factory worker for Royal Crown 1940

    Next door in 1940: C M Hartney at 23 and S H Olson at 43. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5261 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C J E Greenan, a laborer 1940
    • Grace Greenan, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: W MacKay at 5239 and W H Bristow at 5273. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2975 West 37th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Greenan, a vulcanizer at Mutch Tire 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Cowan at 2965 and J J Mahoney at 2985. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a factory worker, a laborer and a vulcanizer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Sunset. 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 A G Greenan at 35 East 45th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur G Greenan there as the householder, a factory worker for Royal Crown. In 1940 the directory lists C J E Greenan at 5261 Prince Albert Street. The 1940 name section lists Clarence J E Greenan there as the householder, a laborer, with Grace Greenan, widow of J.

In 1940 the directory lists J Greenan at 2975 West 37th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Greenan there as the householder, a vulcanizer at Mutch Tire.

Today

5261 Prince Albert still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 35 East 45th (2012) and 2975 West 37th (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.