A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Moffitts
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Moffitt at three 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. The most under one roof: three Moffitts at 1536 Barclay in 1940.
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Where the Moffitts lived
- 1
1536 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Miss M L Moffitt 1940
- Muriel L Moffitt, a clerk at the Post Office 1940
- Harold C W Moffitt, a clerk at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: S M Jones at 1530 and E M Krusel at 1544. The block, door by door
- 2
504 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Mrs E Moffitt 1940
Next door in 1940: West Coast Trading at 502 and R Hoshino at 508. The block, door by door
- 3
555 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- J S C Moffitt, a manufacturers agent 1940
Next door in 1940: F Lanteris at 551 and Goldie & McCulloch at 569. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a clerk (2).
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Strathcona and West End. 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 Miss M L Moffitt at 1536 Barclay 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 Muriel L Moffitt there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office, with Harold C W Moffitt, a clerk at the BC Government. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Moffitt at 504 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Eva Moffitt there as the householder.
In 1940 the directory lists J S C Moffitt, a manufacturers agent, at 555 Richards Street.
Today
504 East Hastings and 555 Richards still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1536 Barclay, 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.
- *Moffitt Miss M L1536 Barclay, p. 9
- Moffitt Harold C W clk BC Govt1536 Barclay, p. 436
- Moffitt Muriel L clk PO1536 Barclay, p. 436
- Moffitt Mrs E504 East Hastings, p. 74
- Moffitt Mrs Eva504 East Hastings, p. 436
- Moffitt J S C mfrs agt555 Richards, p. 141
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.