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A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End

The Moores

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Moore at six addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia 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

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

    315 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Moore 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Scott at 313 and D Angus at 317. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    709 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Lilas Moore, proprietor of Lilas Moore Dance Studio 1940

    Next door in 1940: United Cigar Stores at 701 and Henri's Charcoal Grill at 713. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    900 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Moore, a manager at Merrill & Ring Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wilson W & J at 920. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1133 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G F Moore, a driver at Robson Transfer who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Walker at 1129 and Gallery Van Art at 1145. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1241 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Maisie Moore, a maid at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Walmsley Motors at 1233 and Mrs M A Ferguson at 1259. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1344 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Viola Moore, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Steward at 1330 and W A Knox at 1356. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a driver, a maid, a manager and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (6). 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 John Moore at 315 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists Lilas Moore at 709 West Georgia Street, proprietor of Lilas Moore Dance Studio. The 1940 name section lists George Moore at 900 West Georgia Street, a manager at Merrill & Ring Lumber.

G F Moore, rooms to let, is listed at 1133 West Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George F Moore there as the householder, a driver at Robson Transfer who kept rooms to let. The 1940 name section lists Maisie Moore at 1241 West Georgia Street, a maid at the Vancouver Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Viola Moore at 1344 West Georgia Street, a student.

Today

900 West Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1933 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 315 West Georgia, 709 West Georgia, 1133 West Georgia, 1241 West Georgia and 1344 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.