A family name on Main Street, Riley Park, Strathcona, Downtown, Mount Pleasant and Sunset
The Moores
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Moore at four addresses in 1940, all on Main Street, with the close spelling More. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
205 Main Street
Downtown, 1940
- William Moore, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: Melbourne Hotel at 201 and J Fuoco at 215. The block, door by door
- 2
318 Main Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Harry Moore, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: Lanning Pool Hall at 314 and N Aihoshi at 320. The block, door by door
- 3
5036 Main Street
Riley Park, 1940
- W Moore 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J P Larimie at 5064. The block, door by door
- 4
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a laborer and a logger.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Riley Park, Strathcona and Sunset. 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 William Moore at 205 Main Street, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Harry Moore at 318 Main Street, a logger. In 1940 the directory lists W Moore at 5036 Main Street; 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 Moore there as the householder.
In 1940 the directory lists W F Moore at 7452 Main Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William F Moore there as the householder, retired.
Today
205 Main, 5036 Main and 7452 Main still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 318 Main, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
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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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.