A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Morgans
In the city directories 1940 · 124 addresses on 89 streets
The directories print the Morgan name at 124 addresses on 89 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Morgans lived
- Downtown22 addresses
- Kitsilano13 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage12 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland9 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood8 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise7 addresses
- Mount Pleasant7 addresses
- West End7 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands6 addresses
- Kerrisdale6 addresses
- Fairview5 addresses
- Sunset4 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge3 addresses
- Riley Park3 addresses
- Strathcona3 addresses
- West Point Grey3 addresses
- Shaughnessy2 addresses
- Killarney1 address
- Oakridge1 address
- South Cambie1 address
- Victoria-Fraserview1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Granville StreetFour addresses in Downtown and Fairview; five people: F Morgan, H Morgan, R M Morgan and two more1940
- 2Howe StreetFour addresses in Downtown; four people: A I Morgan, Buster Morgan, H W Morgan and one more1940
- 3Robson StreetFour addresses in Downtown and West End; four people: Ernest Morgan, Frank Morgan, Jerry Morgan and one more1940
- 4West Hastings StreetFour addresses in Downtown; five people: C D Morgan, Henry Morgan, J R Morgan and two more1940
- 5East 6th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise; five people: F W Morgan, Mrs A Morgan, R M Morgan and two more1940
- 6West 11th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; six people: L L Morgan, Mrs M Morgan, Curtis O Morgan and three more1940
- 7West 8th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey; five people: A D Morgan, C S Morgan, Mrs F Morgan and two more1940
- 8West Pender StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: T C Morgan, Benjamin D Morgan and H J G Morgan1940
- 9Blenheim StreetTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; three people: C D Morgan, W Morgan and N Gwen Morgan1940
- 10Churchill StreetTwo addresses in Kerrisdale; two people: E J L Morgan and Violet Morgan1940
- 11East 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; two people: E C Morgan and Thomas J Morgan1940
- 12East 26th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: Mrs M Morgan, George H Morgan and Jack Morgan1940
77 more streets, by name: Adera Street (1), Balsam Street (1), Bidwell Street (1), Cambridge Street (1), Carrall Street (1), Cartier Street (1), Church Street (1), Collingwood Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Duke Street (1), Earles Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (2), East 41st Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (2), East 59th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Cordova Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Glen Drive (1), Grant Street (2), Haro Street (1), Henry Street (1), Larch Street (2), Main Street (1), Manitoba Street (1), Maple Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), Marpole Avenue (1), McKinnon Street (1), McSpadden Avenue (1), Melville Street (1), Moss Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Thurlow Street (2), Triumph Street (1), Union Street (1), Victoria Drive (2), Vine Street (1), Waterloo Street (1), Wellington Avenue (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (2), West 15th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (2), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (2), West 7th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (2), Windsor Street (2), Yukon Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 124 addresses, 48 still have their buildings from before 1946, 32 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 44; each street's page names them.
The book of the Morgans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Morgan 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 (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.