A family name on East 8th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Morrises
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Morris at two addresses in 1940, all on East 8th Avenue, with the close spelling Morriss. 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 90 other streets too, all listed on the Morris name's own page.
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Where the Morrises lived
- 1
110 East 8th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A J Morris, a clerk at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: H W Mason at 106 and 6 listings at 124. The block, door by door
- 2
636 East 8th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Morris (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E C Tracey at 628 and S W Forsyth at 652. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a clerk.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (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
In 1940 the directory lists A J Morris at 110 East 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert J Morris there as the householder, a clerk at the Vancouver General Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Morris (no first name printed) at 636 East 8th Avenue.
Today
636 East 8th (1982) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 110 East 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Morris A J110 East 8th, p. 193
- Morris Albt J clk Van Genl Hosp110 East 8th, p. 441
- Morris —636 East 8th, p. 441
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.