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A family name on Larch Street, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano and Arbutus Ridge

The Morgans

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Morgan at two addresses in 1940, all on Larch Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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

    5552 Larch Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Mrs J Morgan, widow of E A 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Bush at 5538 and T C Stinson at 5562. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5962 Larch Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Edleen Morgan, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Hudson at 5938 and N N Ewart at 5986. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale. 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 Mrs J Morgan at 5552 Larch 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Jennie Morgan there as the householder, widow of E A. The 1940 name section lists Edleen Morgan at 5962 Larch Street, a stenographer.

Today

5552 Larch and 5962 Larch still have their buildings from before 1946.

Sunday school teachers with Rev. A.H. Sovereign on the steps of St. Mark's Church
1912 Sunday school teachers with Rev. A.H. Sovereign on the steps of St. Mark's Church. Not at the house at 5552 Larch: no archive photo of the 5500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Ch P122. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 3 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 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.