A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Moores
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Moore at two addresses in 1940, all on East 7th Avenue, with the close spelling More. 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 142 other streets too, all listed on the Moore name's own page.
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Where the Moores lived
- 1
457 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs L Moore, widow of E 1940
- Lena Moore, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: R W McInroy at 449 and E G Blake at 475. The block, door by door
- 2
3009 East 7th Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- E G Moore, an improver at Nelson Blower 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Rowlands at 3005 and L Wade at 3015. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an employee and an improver. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs L Moore at 457 East 7th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Lena Moore there as the householder, widow of E, with Lena Moore, who worked for the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists E G Moore at 3009 East 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest G Moore there as the householder, an improver at Nelson Blower.
Today
3009 East 7th (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 457 East 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Moore Mrs L457 East 7th, p. 190
- Moore Lena wid E457 East 7th, p. 439
- Moore Lena emp BC Tel457 East 7th, p. 439
- *Moore E G3009 East 7th, p. 191
- Moore Ernest G improver Nelson Blower3009 East 7th, p. 438
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Moores
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Moore 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.