A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Moorses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Moors at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Moorses lived
- 1
2081 East 1st Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- W F Moors, a bridgeman 1940
- Jessie M Moors, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: E N B Moulton at 2067 and A T Tindle at 2095. The block, door by door
- 2
754 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A E Moors, proprietor of Friendly Spot 1940
Next door in 1940: Templeton Beauty Shop at 752 and b & h block at 756. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a bridgeman, a nurse and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland 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 W F Moors at 2081 East 1st 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 Willis F Moors there as the householder, a bridgeman, with Jessie M Moors, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists A E Moors at 754 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Moors there as the householder, proprietor of Friendly Spot.
Today
The City no longer lists 2081 East 1st and 754 East Broadway, so those buildings are 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.
- *Moors W F2081 East 1st, p. 172
- Moors Jessie M nurse Van Genl Hosp2081 East 1st, p. 439
- Moors Willis F bridgemn2081 East 1st, p. 439
- Moors A E754 East Broadway, p. 15
- Moors Albt E prop Friendly Spot754 East Broadway, p. 439
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Moorses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Moors 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.