A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown
The Morgans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Morgan at three addresses in 1940, all on West Pender 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
119 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- H J G Morgan, in general contractors 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Leather Co Ltd at 117 and Jackson T H Ltd at 121. The block, door by door
- 2
921 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Benjamin D Morgan, of Triangle Equipment and Triangle Truck Wrecking 1940
Next door in 1940: Registration Bureau Stenographers at 911 and Weeks & Co Ltd at 923. The block, door by door
- 3
1238 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- T C Morgan, a president at T C Morgan Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: A Harris at 1232 and J G Rolston at 1240. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a president.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 J G Morgan, in general contractors, at 119 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Benjamin D Morgan at 921 West Pender Street, of Triangle Equipment and Triangle Truck Wrecking. In 1940 the directory lists T C Morgan at 1238 West Pender 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 Thomas C Morgan there as the householder, a president at T C Morgan Ltd.
Today
119 West Pender and 921 West Pender still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1238 West Pender, so that building is 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.
- Morgan H J G genl contrs119 West Pender, p. 129
- Morgan Benj D of Triangle Equip and Triangle Truck Wrecking921 West Pender, p. 440
- *Morgan T C1238 West Pender, p. 132
- Morgan Thos C pres T C Morgan Ltd1238 West Pender, p. 440
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.