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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Morelands

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Moreland at five addresses in 1940 in two 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 Morelands 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

    901 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G W Moreland, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Lenk at 915. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    549 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T P Moreland, a parking 1940

    Next door in 1940: Studios Meyers at 547 and bc equip co ltd at 551. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1212 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Moreland (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F D Hards at 1218. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    134 West 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H Moreland Jr, a machinist at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: H M Logan at 128 and M Belkin at 140. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    196 West 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H Moreland, retired 1940
    • D Rebecca Moreland, a stenographer at Pemberton & Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: E England at 192. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a machinist and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3) and Riley Park (2). 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 G W Moreland, rooms to let, at 901 Hornby Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George W Moreland there, who kept rooms to let. In 1940 the directory lists T P Moreland, a parking, at 549 Howe Street. The 1940 name section lists Moreland (no first name printed) at 1212 Howe Street.

In 1940 the directory lists H Moreland Jr at 134 West 23rd 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 Hugh Moreland there as the householder, a machinist at the Burrard Dry Dock. In 1940 the directory lists H Moreland at 196 West 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hugh Moreland there as the householder, retired, with D Rebecca Moreland, a stenographer at Pemberton & Son.

Today

134 West 23rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; 549 Howe (1966), 1212 Howe (1989) and 196 West 23rd (2011) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 901 Hornby, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Morelands

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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.