A family name on Seymour Street, Downtown
The Lawrences
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Lawrence at two addresses in 1940, all on Seymour 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
- 1
576 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- Miss L M Lawrence, a dressmaker 1940
- Lydia M Lawrence, a dressmaker 315 1940
Next door in 1940: Goodman's Intl Imptg Co at 574 and Evans & Hastings Prntg at 578. The block, door by door
- 2
773 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Mathilde Lawrence, a clerk at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: Royal Parking Serv at 767 and Ambassador Beer Parlor at 775. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a dressmaker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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 Miss L M Lawrence, a dressmaker, at 576 Seymour Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lydia M Lawrence there as the householder, a dressmaker 315. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mathilde Lawrence at 773 Seymour Street, a clerk at Spencer's.
Today
576 Seymour still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 773 Seymour, 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 Miss L M drsmkr576 Seymour, p. 150
- Lawrence Lydia M drsmkr 315576 Seymour, p. 340
- Lawrence Mrs Mathilde clk Spencers773 Seymour, 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.