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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mordens

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Morden at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Mordens 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

    5702 Victoria Drive

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • H W Morden, a branch manager at C B of C 1940

    Next door in 1940: S D Brown at 5704. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3219 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A B Morden, retired 1940
    • Margaret I Morden, a stenographer at Garvin Ice & Fuel 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Tateishi at 3203 and S D Johnson at 3227. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2676 West 31st Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • C A Morden, a president at Morden Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Reid at 2658 and I S Grant at 2696. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a branch manager, a president and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Kitsilano and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 H W Morden at 5702 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harty W Morden there as the householder, a branch manager at C B of C. In 1940 the directory lists A B Morden at 3219 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alvey B Morden there as the householder, retired, with Margaret I Morden, a stenographer at Garvin Ice & Fuel.

In 1940 the directory lists C A Morden at 2676 West 31st 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 lists Cornelius A Morden there as the householder, a president at Morden Drug.

Today

2676 West 31st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5702 Victoria Drive and 3219 West 10th, 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, street section

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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.