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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Morrises

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at five addresses

The directories print eleven people named Morris at five addresses in 1940, all on West 10th 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 most under one roof: three Morrises at 3581 West 10th in 1940. 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

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

    1298 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss M E Morris 1940
    • M Esther Morris, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Stewart at 1278. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1484 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Gwen Morris, a branch manager at Spirella Foundation Garments 1940
    • W Doug Morris, a clerk at the National Harbours Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Mill at 1456. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1564 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • S Morris, a watchman at the Stock Exchange Building 1940
    • Evelyn B Morris 1940

    Next door in 1940: First Unitarian Ch at 1550 and R H Munnis at 1590. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3581 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs H G Morris, widow of J 1940
    • Don M Morris, a laboratory attendant at BC Sugar 1940
    • Gerard M Morris, an assistant accountant at the Royal Bank 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Fletcher at 3573. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4233 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • T A Morris, a building contractor 1940
    • Amy B Morris 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Lynn at 4227 and J Rae at 4243. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: an assistant accountant, a branch manager, a building contractor, a clerk, a laboratory attendant and a school teacher, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Kitsilano 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

In 1940 the directory lists Miss M E Morris at 1298 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists M Esther Morris there as the householder, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Gwen Morris at 1484 West 10th Avenue as the householder, a branch manager at Spirella Foundation Garments, with W Doug Morris, a clerk at the National Harbours Board.

S Morris is listed at 1564 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Steph Morris there as the householder, a watchman at the Stock Exchange Building, with Evelyn B Morris. Mrs H G Morris is listed at 3581 West 10th Avenue in 1940; 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 Henrietta G Morris there as the householder, widow of J, with Don M Morris, a laboratory attendant at BC Sugar, and Gerard M Morris, an assistant accountant at the Royal Bank.

T A Morris, a building contractor, is listed at 4233 West 10th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas A Morris there, a building contractor, with Amy B Morris.

Today

1298 West 10th, 3581 West 10th and 4233 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1484 West 10th and 1564 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.