A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Monsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Monson 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 Monsons lived
- 1
7058 Fraser Street
Sunset, 1940
- Nathan L Monson, a helper at B C Livestock Exchange 1940
Next door in 1940: R Campbell at 7004. The block, door by door
- 2
3753 West 10th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- M A Monson, a building contractor 1940
Next door in 1940: T H Evans at 3743 and A A Botterill at 3757. The block, door by door
- 3
3973 West 18th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- M A Monson, a building contractor 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Walton at 3969 and G S Wilson at 3979. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a building contractor and a helper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Sunset 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Nathan L Monson at 7058 Fraser Street, a helper at B C Livestock Exchange. M A Monson, a building contractor, is listed at 3753 West 10th Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists M A Monson at 3973 West 18th 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 Mosfeldt A Monson there as the householder, a building contractor.
Today
3973 West 18th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 7058 Fraser (1992) and 3753 West 10th (1989) have newer buildings, 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.
- Monson Nathan L hlpr B C Livestock Exch7058 Fraser, p. 437
- Monson M A bldg contr3753 West 10th, p. 201
- *Monson M A3973 West 18th, p. 227
- Monson Mosfeldt A bldg contr 3753 W 103973 West 18th, p. 437
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Monsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Monson 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.