A family name on Laburnum Street, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano and Shaughnessy
The Mansons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Manson at one address, 5583 Laburnum Street in Shaughnessy, in 1940. The directories print the name on 38 other streets too, all listed on the Manson 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.
The Mansons at home
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5583 Laburnum Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- J W Manson, in real estate 1940
- J Duncan Manson, a student at Foster & Barrett-Lennard 1940
- Marjorie Manson, a social worker for Family Welfare 1940
Next door in 1940: Dr R A Walton at 5549. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a real estate and a social worker.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Shaughnessy. 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 J W Manson at 5583 Laburnum Street; 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 James W Manson there as the householder, in real estate, with J Duncan Manson, a student at Foster & Barrett-Lennard, and Marjorie Manson, a social worker for Family Welfare.
Today
5583 Laburnum still has its building from before 1946, dated 1936 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Manson J W5583 Laburnum, p. 100
- Manson J Duncan studt Foster & Barrett-Lennard5583 Laburnum, p. 410
- Manson Jas W real est 601, 602 W Hastings5583 Laburnum, p. 410
- Manson Marjorie social worker Family Welfare5583 Laburnum, p. 410
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Mansons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Manson 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.