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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Morins

In the city directories 1940 · 14 people at eleven addresses

The directories print 14 people named Morin at eleven addresses in 1940 in eight of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Morino and Morrin. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Morins at 2695 West 15th in 1940.

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Where the Morins 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

    940 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frederick Morin, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: D M Sinclair at 932 and Mrs J Gurvitz at 946. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2310 Cambridge Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs K Morino, a teacher at the Japanese Language School 1940

    Next door in 1940: O V Skogheim at 2340. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1861 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • K Morino 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Salon Crystal at 1859 and White Castle Sandwich Shop at 1865. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1842 East 1st Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • L J Morin, a transfer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Carrasco at 1840 and W A McCubbin at 1850. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    291 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • E Morino 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Misumi at 293. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4469 Marguerite Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • J A Morrin, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev G P McLeod at 4449 and H A Bourne at 4489. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    410 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • E J Morin, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M C Coleman at 426. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4446 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C Morin, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: E S Woodward at 4444 and E P Edwards at 4450. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    2695 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs J Morin 1940
    • Desire P Morin, a student at UBC 1940
    • Lore A Morin, a logger 1940
    • Peter C A Morin, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: M H Saar at 2685. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    3217 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • L J Morin, a cooper at Canadian West Cooperage 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Billingsley at 3211 and A T Churchouse at 3223. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    1018 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Morin, in cleaners and tailors 1940

    Next door in 1940: croesus gold mines at 1016. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the 14: a logger (2), a cleaners and tailors, a cooper, a fireman, a painter and a teacher, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3), Downtown (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Shaughnessy, Strathcona and West Point Grey. 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 Frederick Morin at 940 Burrard Street, a painter. The 1940 name section lists Mrs K Morino at 2310 Cambridge Street, a teacher at the Japanese Language School. In 1940 the directory lists K Morino at 1861 Commercial Drive.

L J Morin is listed at 1842 East 1st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Leo J Morin there, a transfer. The 1940 name section lists E Morino at 291 East Georgia Street.

In 1940 the directory lists J A Morrin at 4469 Marguerite 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 John A Morrin there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists E J Morin, rooms to let, at 410 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward J Morin there, who kept rooms to let.

In 1940 the directory lists C Morin at 4446 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles Morin there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Morin at 2695 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Josephine Morin there as the householder, with Desire P Morin, a student at UBC, Lore A Morin, a logger, and Peter C A Morin, a logger.

In 1940 the directory lists L J Morin at 3217 West 38th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Louis J Morin there as the householder, a cooper at Canadian West Cooperage. In 1940 the directory lists J Morin, a cleaner, at 1018 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Morin there, in cleaners and tailors.

Today

291 East Georgia, 410 West 12th, 4446 West 12th and 2695 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946, 410 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3217 West 38th (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 940 Burrard, 2310 Cambridge, 1861 Commercial Drive, 1842 East 1st, 4469 Marguerite and 1018 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 21 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

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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.