A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Morrises
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Morris at three addresses in 1940, all on East 7th Avenue, with the close spelling Morriss. 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 90 other streets too, all listed on the Morris name's own page.
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Where the Morrises lived
- 1
611 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs Morris 1940
- Morris (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: J T Thomson at 653. The block, door by door
- 2
1456 East 7th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F R Morris, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: O Neeld at 1436 and Mrs G Abbott at 1458. The block, door by door
- 3
1949 East 7th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- W K Morris, who worked for Ford Motor 1940
Next door in 1940: L S Manning at 1943 and S E Berry at 1957. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an employee and a longshoreman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Morris at 611 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Morris (no first name printed) there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists F R Morris at 1456 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick R Morris there as the householder, a longshoreman.
In 1940 the directory lists W K Morris at 1949 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William K Morris there as the householder, who worked for Ford Motor.
Today
611 East 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1949 East 7th (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1456 East 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Morris Mrs611 East 7th, p. 190
- Morris Mrs —611 East 7th, p. 441
- Morris F R1456 East 7th, p. 190
- Morris Fredk R lngshmn1456 East 7th, p. 442
- Morris W K1949 East 7th, p. 190
- Morris Wm K emp Ford Motor1949 East 7th, p. 442
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Morrises
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Morris 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.