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A family name on West 23rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge

The Lawrences

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at two addresses

The directories print seven people named Lawrence at two addresses in 1940, all on West 23rd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Lawrences at 3804 West 23rd in 1940. 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

    3275 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Lawrence, a master mariner 1940
    • George T Lawrence, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Campbell at 3267 and H V Kelly at 3287. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3804 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Miss M E Lawrence 1940
    • Marion E Lawrence, a school teacher 1940
    • Irene V Lawrence, widow of G R 1940
    • James W Lawrence 1940
    • Patricia R Lawrence, a matron at the Taunton House School 1940

    Next door in 1940: D B Smith at 3818. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a dentist, a master mariner, a matron and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 J Lawrence at 3275 West 23rd 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 John Lawrence there as the householder, a master mariner, with George T Lawrence, a dentist. In 1940 the directory lists Miss M E Lawrence at 3804 West 23rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Marion E Lawrence there as the householder, a school teacher, with Irene V Lawrence, widow of G R, James W Lawrence, and Patricia R Lawrence, a matron at the Taunton House School.

Today

3275 West 23rd and 3804 West 23rd still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 8 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

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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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.