A family name on Cambridge Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The Morrisons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Morrison at two addresses in 1940, all on Cambridge Street, with the close spelling Morison. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Morrisons at 2242 Cambridge in 1940. The directories print the name on 111 other streets too, all listed on the Morrison name's own page.
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Where the Morrisons lived
- 1
2242 Cambridge Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- G W Morrison, a carpenter at BC Marine 1940
- Florence C Morrison, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
- John M Morrison, a lookoutman at Canadian National Steamships 1940
Next door in 1940: G B Stewart at 2234 and B Faulkner at 2254. The block, door by door
- 2
2423 Cambridge Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- N Morrison, a plumber 1940
Next door in 1940: W Dear at 2417 and A MacDonald at 2447. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a carpenter, a lookoutman, an operator and a plumber.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 March 1911 George Morrison took out the permit to build a frame house at 2242 Cambridge Street. In 1940 the directory lists G W Morrison at 2242 Cambridge Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists George W Morrison there as the householder, a carpenter at BC Marine, with Florence C Morrison, an operator at the BC Telephone, and John M Morrison, a lookoutman at Canadian National Steamships.
In 1940 the directory lists N Morrison at 2423 Cambridge Street. The 1940 name section lists Norman Morrison there as the householder, a plumber.
Today
The City no longer lists 2242 Cambridge and 2423 Cambridge, so those buildings are 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.
- *Morrison G W2242 Cambridge, p. 25
- Morrison Florence C opr BC Tel2242 Cambridge, p. 443
- Morrison Geo W carp BC Marine2242 Cambridge, p. 443
- Morrison John M lookoutmn CNSS2242 Cambridge, p. 443
- Morrison N2423 Cambridge, p. 25
- Morrison Norman plmbr2423 Cambridge, p. 443
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Morrisons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Morrison 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.