A family name on Howe Street, Downtown
The Morgans
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Morgan at four addresses in 1940, all on Howe 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
- 1
560 Howe Street
Downtown, 1940
- H W Morgan, a blacksmith 1940
Next door in 1940: halifax ins at 556 and Net-teas Sandwich Shop at 564. The block, door by door
- 2
862 Howe Street
Downtown, 1940
- Buster Morgan 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L A Aivazoff at 856 and Panama Clnrs at 866. The block, door by door
- 3
943 Howe Street
Downtown, 1940
- Ralph C Morgan 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Smith at 937 and J C Boyle at 947. The block, door by door
- 4
1237 Howe Street
Downtown, 1940
- A I Morgan, a salesman at Federation Investment 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Burnette at 1233 and Black & White Pntrs at 1251. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 Morgan, a blacksmith, at 560 Howe Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Buster Morgan at 862 Howe Street. The 1940 name section lists Ralph C Morgan at 943 Howe Street.
A I Morgan is listed at 1237 Howe Street in 1940; 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 Adrian I Morgan there as the householder, a salesman at Federation Investment.
Today
The City no longer lists 560 Howe, 862 Howe, 943 Howe and 1237 Howe, 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.
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: 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.