A family name on East 29th Avenue, Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Moffats
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Moffat at two addresses in 1940, all on East 29th Avenue, with the close spelling Moffatt. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Moffats at 2095 East 29th in 1940. The directories print the name on 42 other streets too, all listed on the Moffat name's own page.
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Where the Moffats lived
- 1
691 East 29th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- John Moffat, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: J Lang at 665. The block, door by door
- 2
2095 East 29th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J B Moffat 1940
- Eleanor M Moffat, widow of J 1940
- Eleanor S Moffat, a nurse 1940
- Mary Moffat 1940
Next door in 1940: W Doy at 2039. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a driver and a nurse. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Moffat at 691 East 29th Avenue, a driver. J B Moffat is listed at 2095 East 29th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists John B Moffat there as the householder, with Eleanor M Moffat, widow of J, Eleanor S Moffat, a nurse, and Mary Moffat.
Today
691 East 29th (1966) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2095 East 29th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Moffat John drvr691 East 29th, p. 435
- *Moffat J B2095 East 29th, p. 244
- Moffat Eleanor M wid J2095 East 29th, p. 435
- Moffat Eleanor S nurse2095 East 29th, p. 435
- Moffat John B2095 East 29th, p. 435
- Moffat Mary2095 East 29th, p. 435
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Moffats
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Moffat 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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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.