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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lawreys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Lawrey at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Lawreys lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    244 East 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • P W Lawrey, a stenographer at the Union Steamship Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R Broughton at 238 and A Dewar at 250. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    150 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H E Lawrey, a president at Vancouver Fluff Rug 1940

    Next door in 1940: C G Fairman at 144 and L Reisig at 158. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3737 West 21st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C T Lawrey, an operator at Shell Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J N Sutherland at 3727 and J F Wilson at 3751. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    169 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Lawrey (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Glidden Co at 167 and Parks Rooms at 177. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an operator, a president and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Downtown and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 P W Lawrey at 244 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Philip W Lawrey there as the householder, a stenographer at the Union Steamship Company. In 1940 the directory lists H E Lawrey at 150 East 24th 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 lists Howard E Lawrey there as the householder, a master mariner at the Union Steamship Company, with Howard E Lawrey Jr, a president at Vancouver Fluff Rug.

In 1940 the directory lists C T Lawrey at 3737 West 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Cyril T Lawrey there as the householder, an operator at Shell Oil. The 1940 name section lists Lawrey (no first name printed) at 169 West Pender Street.

Today

150 East 24th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 3737 West 21st (1996) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 244 East 21st and 169 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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

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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.