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A family name on West 19th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

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 West 19th 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

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

    875 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • P J Morris, proprietor of Home Roofing 1940
    • Mary M Morris, a printing department at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: R B Manrell at 869 and D W Duncan at 881. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    982 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • M Morris, of Hudson Furniture 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Izen at 976 and J M MacDonald at 988. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3848 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • D Morris, a draftsman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Marriott at 3842 and R B Brunton at 3852. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a draftsman, a printing department and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in South Cambie (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 P J Morris at 875 West 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Percy J Morris there as the householder, proprietor of Home Roofing, with Mary M Morris, a printing department at the Sun. In 1940 the directory lists M Morris at 982 West 19th Avenue; 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 Moses Morris there as the householder, of Hudson Furniture.

In 1940 the directory lists D Morris at 3848 West 19th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists David Morris there as the householder, a draftsman at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

875 West 19th, 982 West 19th and 3848 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 7 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.