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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Morgans

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Morgan at four addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street. 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 88 other streets too, all listed on the Morgan name's own page.

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Where the Morgans 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

    814 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H Morgan, a doorman at the Dominion Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bowman's Apron & Uniform at 810 and English Toffee Shop at 816. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    936 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs E Morgan, a maid at the Landon Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ladies My at 932 and New Palace Cafe at 938. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2204 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • R M Morgan, of Morgan Block 1940
    • Mrs Emma T Morgan, of Morgan Block 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Whiles at 2202 and College Clnrs at 2208. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2408 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • F Morgan, a manager 1940

    Next door in 1940: Butter Store at 2410. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a doorman, a maid and a manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Fairview (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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists H Morgan at 814 Granville Street, with Hollie Morgan, a doorman at the Dominion Theatre. The 1940 name section lists Mrs E Morgan at 936 Granville Street, a maid at the Landon Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists R M Morgan at 2204 Granville Street; 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 Reginald M Morgan there as the householder, of Morgan Block, with Mrs Emma T Morgan, of Morgan Block.

In 1940 the directory lists F Morgan at 2408 Granville Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank Morgan there as the householder, a manager.

Today

936 Granville and 2408 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 814 Granville and 2204 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 2204 Granville: no archive photo of the 2200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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

The book of the Morgans

Every directory, as one book

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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.