A family name on Richards Street, Downtown
The Lawsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Lawson at two addresses in 1940, all on Richards 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 48 other streets too, all listed on the Lawson name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Lawsons lived
- 1
518 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- R G Lawson, a master mariner 1940
Next door in 1940: Merritt Gordon Hotel at 514 and Merritt Gordon Hotel (Annex) at 520. The block, door by door
- 2
1125 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- Criss Lawson, a steward at the Pacific Athletic Club 1940
Next door in 1940: W Watson at 1123 and D O Landry at 1129. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a master mariner and a steward.
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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists R G Lawson at 518 Richards Street, a master mariner. The 1940 name section lists Criss Lawson at 1125 Richards Street, a steward at the Pacific Athletic Club.
Today
518 Richards still has its building from before 1946, dated 1909 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1125 Richards, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Lawson R G mstr mrnr518 Richards, p. 340
- Lawson Criss steward Pac Athletic Club1125 Richards, p. 340
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Lawsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Lawson 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.