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A family name on Denman Street, West End

The Lawrences

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Lawrence at two addresses in 1940, all on Denman Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 57 other streets too, all listed on the Lawrence name's own page.

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Where the Lawrences 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

    675 Denman Street

    West End, 1940

    • R Lawrence, proprietor of Denman Chimney Sweepers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wharf Denman at 607. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1055 Denman Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs A Lawrence 1940

    Next door in 1940: L C Gardner at 1047 and South Van Prod Co at 1057. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (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

In 1940 the directory lists R Lawrence at 675 Denman Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ray Lawrence there as the householder, proprietor of Denman Chimney Sweepers. The 1940 name section lists Mrs A Lawrence at 1055 Denman Street.

Today

1055 Denman (1970) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 675 Denman, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Children parading on Denman Street past the Bay Theatre
1950 Children parading on Denman Street past the Bay Theatre. Not at the house at 675 Denman: no archive photo of the 600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 392-1788. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Lawrences

Every directory, as one book

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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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.