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A family name on Fraser Street, Sunset, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage

The Montgomerys

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Montgomery at two addresses in 1940, all on Fraser Street, with the close spelling Montgomary. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 55 other streets too, all listed on the Montgomery name's own page.

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Where the Montgomerys 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

    6106 Fraser Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • C E Montgomery, an electrician contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Shoppe Avenue at 6108. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6145 Fraser Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • Erven Montgomery, a salesman for L Duggan 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Mkt at 6143 and MacPhail Hdw at 6167. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: an electrician contractor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2). 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 C E Montgomery, an electrician contractor, at 6106 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles E Montgomery there, an electrician contractor. The 1940 name section lists Erven Montgomery at 6145 Fraser Street, a salesman for L Duggan.

Today

6145 Fraser still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 6106 Fraser (1997) has a newer building, by the City's record.

The shops on the west side of the 6100 block of Fraser Street, looking south, as a woman crosses the road
1943 The shops on the west side of the 6100 block of Fraser Street, looking south, as a woman crosses the road. Taken on the 6100 block; it doesn't single out the house at 6106 Fraser. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P412.1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Montgomerys

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Montgomery 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.