A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Morrises
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Morris at two addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings Street, 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
1036 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Mrs J J Morris 1940
- Roy Morris, a machinist at Restmore 1940
Next door in 1940: B Gartos at 1032. The block, door by door
- 2
2350 East Hastings Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs M C Morris, widow of W J 1940
- George E Morris, a machinist for A Gair 1940
Next door in 1940: Star Barber Shop at 2344 and Wright S Co at 2352. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a machinist (2). One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Strathcona. 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 J J Morris at 1036 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs J J Morris there as the householder, with Roy Morris, a machinist at Restmore. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M C Morris at 2350 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Margaret C Morris there as the householder, widow of W J, with George E Morris, a machinist for A Gair.
Today
2350 East Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1036 East Hastings, 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 Mrs J J1036 East Hastings, p. 75
- Morris Mrs J J1036 East Hastings, p. 442
- Morris Roy mach Restmore1036 East Hastings, p. 442
- Morris Mrs M C2350 East Hastings, p. 75
- Morris Geo E mach A Gair2350 East Hastings, p. 442
- Morris Margt C wid W J2350 East Hastings, 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.