A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Mongers
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Monger 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.
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Where the Mongers lived
- 1
2861 Cambridge Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- G W Monger, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Heywood at 2855 and J Halley at 2867. The block, door by door
- 2
1848 East Georgia Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- G E Monger 1940
- A Josephine Monger, a waitress at Six-Twelve Lunch 1940
Next door in 1940: C M Stewart at 1846 and S Smith at 1850. The block, door by door
- 3
587 West 23rd Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- J Monger, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries 1940
Next door in 1940: R McEwan at 571. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a police officer, a salesman and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise and South Cambie. 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 G W Monger at 2861 Cambridge Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George W Monger there as the householder, a police officer at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists G E Monger at 1848 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists George E Monger there as the householder, with A Josephine Monger, a waitress at Six-Twelve Lunch.
In 1940 the directory lists J Monger at 587 West 23rd 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 lists James Monger there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries.
Today
2861 Cambridge still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 587 West 23rd (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1848 East Georgia, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Monger G W2861 Cambridge, p. 25
- Monger Geo W police Van City2861 Cambridge, p. 436
- Monger G E1848 East Georgia, p. 56
- Monger A Josephine waitress Six-Twelve Lunch1848 East Georgia, p. 436
- Monger Geo E1848 East Georgia, p. 436
- *Monger J587 West 23rd, p. 237
- Monger Jas slsmn Can Bkries587 West 23rd, p. 436
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Mongers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Monger 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.