A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Magurs
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Magur at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Magurs lived
- 1
2651 East 22nd Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- F Magur, proprietor of the Cedar Cottage Shoe Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: W Caw at 2627 and L Olson at 2657. The block, door by door
- 2
2285 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W Magur, in apartments 1940
Next door in 1940: J Watts at 2269. The block, door by door
- 3
3280 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W Magur, in apartments 1940
Next door in 1940: Rev C Statheron at 3276 and H S Williamson at 3282. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Magur at 2651 East 22nd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick Magur there as the householder, proprietor of the Cedar Cottage Shoe Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists W Magur, in apartments, at 2285 West 6th Avenue.
W Magur is listed at 3280 West 6th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Magur there as the householder, in apartments.
Today
2651 East 22nd (2000) and 2285 West 6th (1965) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3280 West 6th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Magur F2651 East 22nd, p. 234
- Magur Fredk prop Cedar Cottage Shoe Hosp2651 East 22nd, p. 404
- Magur W apts2285 West 6th, p. 188
- *Magur W3280 West 6th, p. 189
- Magur Wm apts 2285 W 6 and prop Bayview Court3280 West 6th, p. 404
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Magurs
Every directory, as one book
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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.