A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole
The Longs
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Long at four addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 45 other streets too, all listed on the Long name's own page.
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Where the Longs lived
- 1
543 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- B G Long, a manufacturers agent 1940
Next door in 1940: Leather Gds Burns at 541 and L C Fraser at 545. The block, door by door
- 2
718 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- G R Long, a barrister 1940
Next door in 1940: Birks H & Sons (BC) Ltd at 710 and scott's cafe at 722. The block, door by door
- 3
1018 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- M J Long 1940
Next door in 1940: Oil Burner Dominion at 1016 and Alberta Furn at 1020. The block, door by door
- 4
1261 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Wilmot Long, proprietor of Movie Book Store 1940
Next door in 1940: Wosk's Ltd at 1259 and Crescent Furn at 1267. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 B G Long, a manufacturers agent, at 543 Granville Street. G R Long, a barrister, is listed at 718 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists M J Long at 1018 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Wilmot Long at 1261 Granville Street, proprietor of Movie Book Store.
Today
1018 Granville and 1261 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; 543 Granville (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 718 Granville, 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.
- Long B G mfrs agt543 Granville, p. 63
- Long G R barr718 Granville, p. 64
- Long M J1018 Granville, p. 354
- Long Wilmot prop Movie Book Store1261 Granville, p. 354
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Longs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Long 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.