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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McCreas

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named McCrea at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 McCreas lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1915 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • S E F McCrea, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: haro lodge at 1935. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1235 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • G L McCrea 1940

    Next door in 1940: beverly (the) at 1225 and tweedsmuir apts at 1245. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3196 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F E B McCrea, a grocer 1940
    • Marian H McCrea, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: E N Case at 3172. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4344 West 9th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • James McCrea, a wireless operator at Union Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A McIlwaine at 4340 and J Laycock at 4354. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a grocer, an on active service and a wireless operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 S E F McCrea at 1915 Haro Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sam E F McCrea there as the householder, on active service. In 1940 the directory lists G L McCrea at 1235 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists G L McCrea there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists F E B McCrea at 3196 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick E B McCrea there as the householder, a grocer, with Marian H McCrea, a student. The 1940 name section lists James McCrea at 4344 West 9th Avenue, a wireless operator at Union Oil.

Today

1915 Haro, 1235 Nelson and 4344 West 9th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1235 Nelson on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3196 West 7th (1982) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.