A family name on Salsbury Drive, Grandview-Woodland
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 Salsbury Drive. 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
- 1
153 Salsbury Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- R R Lawrence, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: C Duncan at 149 and J Dewan at 157. The block, door by door
- 2
1010 Salsbury Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mary E Lawrence, widow of H 1940
Next door in 1940: Glen Hosp at 1036. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a longshoreman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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 R Lawrence at 153 Salsbury Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Roland R Lawrence there as the householder, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists Mary E Lawrence at 1010 Salsbury Drive, widow of H.
Today
1010 Salsbury Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 153 Salsbury Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Lawrence R R153 Salsbury Drive, p. 148
- Lawrence Roland R lngshmn153 Salsbury Drive, p. 340
- Lawrence Mary E wid H1010 Salsbury Drive, p. 340
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Lawrences
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Lawrence 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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.