A family name on Trinity Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
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 Trinity 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.
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Where the Lawsons lived
- 1
2315 Trinity Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- R Lawson, a gardener 1940
Next door in 1940: G E Wootton at 2305. The block, door by door
- 2
2541 Trinity Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- T S Lawson, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: C C Paige at 2539 and J D Laing at 2547. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a gardener and a laborer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 R Lawson at 2315 Trinity Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert Lawson there as the householder, a gardener. In 1940 the directory lists T S Lawson at 2541 Trinity Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas S Lawson there as the householder, a laborer.
Today
2541 Trinity (2017) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2315 Trinity, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Lawson R2315 Trinity, p. 157
- Lawson Robt gdnr2315 Trinity, p. 340
- Lawson T S2541 Trinity, p. 157
- Lawson Thos S lab EC&E2541 Trinity, p. 340
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.