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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Lawrences

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Lawrence at three addresses in 1940, all on West 8th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Lawrences at 1537 West 8th 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1537 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F Lawrence, a millworker 1940
    • Albert Lawrence, a helper at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
    • May Lawrence, a domestic 1940
    • Percy Lawrence, a doorman at the Plaza Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Pipe at 1529 and J A McLeod at 1545. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1985 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C H Lawrence, a plasterer 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Genis at 1975 and W Ewen at 1999. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3054 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R F Lawrence, a salesman at Jersey Farms 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Sunderland at 3050 and T M Barclay at 3060. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a domestic, a doorman, a helper, a millworker, a plasterer and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Fairview. 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 F Lawrence at 1537 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Lawrence there as the householder, a millworker, with Albert Lawrence, a helper at the Vancouver General Hospital, May Lawrence, a domestic, and Percy Lawrence, a doorman at the Plaza Theatre. In 1940 the directory lists C H Lawrence at 1985 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Charles H Lawrence there as the householder, a plasterer.

In 1940 the directory lists R F Lawrence at 3054 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Reginald F Lawrence there as the householder, a salesman at Jersey Farms.

Today

1537 West 8th (1981), 1985 West 8th (1964) and 3054 West 8th (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 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

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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.