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A family name on Robson Street, West End and 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 Robson 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

    521 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Jerry Morgan, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Hadaway at 541. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    911 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Morgan, in chiropodists 1940

    Next door in 1940: Chemicals Sequoia at 909 and richmond apts at 915. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1345 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ernest Morgan, a dispatcher at Ryan Messengers 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C F at 1343 and J F Kemp at 1361. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1769 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Frank Morgan 1940

    Next door in 1940: J De Leen at 1743 and L J Weaver at 1777. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a chiropodists, a dispatcher and a miner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) and West End (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 Jerry Morgan at 521 Robson Street, a miner. The 1940 name section lists Morgan at 911 Robson Street, in chiropodists. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Morgan at 1345 Robson Street, a dispatcher at Ryan Messengers. The 1940 name section lists Frank Morgan at 1769 Robson Street.

Today

1769 Robson (1968) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 521 Robson, 911 Robson and 1345 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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.