A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Montgomerys
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Montgomery at two addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue, 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 most under one roof: four Montgomerys at 4333 West 11th in 1940. 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
- 1
1715 West 11th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Clara Montgomery, a laundress at Peerless Laundry 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs G Armistead at 1725. The block, door by door
- 2
4333 West 11th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- W Montgomery, a clerk at the Liquor Control Board 1940
- James Montgomery, who worked for Westminster Breweries 1940
- Jean G Montgomery 1940
- Margaret Montgomery, a clerk at H B C 1940
Next door in 1940: W M Yates at 4313 and N L Glozer at 4337. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a clerk (2), an employee and a laundress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview 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 Clara Montgomery at 1715 West 11th Avenue, a laundress at Peerless Laundry. W Montgomery is listed at 4333 West 11th 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 William Montgomery there as the householder, a clerk at the Liquor Control Board, with James Montgomery, who worked for Westminster Breweries, Jean G Montgomery, and Margaret Montgomery, a clerk at H B C.
Today
4333 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; 1715 West 11th (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Montgomery Clara lndrs Peerless Lndy1715 West 11th, p. 437
- *Montgomery W4333 West 11th, p. 205
- Montgomery Jas emp Westr Brew4333 West 11th, p. 437
- Montgomery Jean G4333 West 11th, p. 437
- Montgomery Margt clk H B C4333 West 11th, p. 437
- Montgomery Wm clk Liq Cont Bd4333 West 11th, p. 437
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.