A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End
The Morrises
In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses
The directories print six people named Morris at three addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia Street, 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 1686 West Georgia 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
- 1
925 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- W Morris, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door
- 2
1241 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- W J Morris, a manager for Marengo Lodge 1940
- Walter G Morris, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: Walmsley Motors at 1233 and Mrs M A Ferguson at 1259. The block, door by door
- 3
1686 West Georgia Street
West End, 1940
- George W Morris, a warehouseman at Macdonalds Consolidated 1940
- Robert MacP Morris, a salesman at Woodward's 1940
- Walter Morris 1940
Next door in 1940: O Wienerholm at 1684 and Millerd F & Co at 1698. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a longshoreman, a manager, a salesman and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2) and West End. 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 W Morris, a physician, at 925 West Georgia Street. W J Morris is listed at 1241 West Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William J Morris there as the householder, a manager for Marengo Lodge, with Walter G Morris, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists George W Morris at 1686 West Georgia Street, a warehouseman at Macdonalds Consolidated, with Robert MacP Morris, a salesman at Woodward's, and Walter Morris.
Today
The City no longer lists 925 West Georgia, 1241 West Georgia and 1686 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Morris W phys925 West Georgia, p. 57
- Morris W J1241 West Georgia, p. 58
- Morris Walter G lngshmn1241 West Georgia, p. 442
- Morris Wm J mgr Marengo Lodge1241 West Georgia, p. 442
- Morris Geo W whsmn Macdonalds Consol1686 West Georgia, p. 442
- Morris Robt MacP slsmn Woodwards1686 West Georgia, p. 442
- Morris Walter1686 West Georgia, p. 442
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Morrises
Every directory, as one book
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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.