A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Morrisons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Morrison at three addresses in 1940, all on East 7th Avenue, with the close spelling Morison. 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 111 other streets too, all listed on the Morrison name's own page.
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Where the Morrisons lived
- 1
133 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Cath Morrison, widow of S 1940
Next door in 1940: Salv Army at 125 and L F Lowe at 141. The block, door by door
- 2
611 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Gordon Morrison, a helper at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940
Next door in 1940: J T Thomson at 653. The block, door by door
- 3
2592 East 7th Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs Frances Morrison 1940
Next door in 1940: A Muir at 2586 and G Errico at 2596. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a helper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cath Morrison at 133 East 7th Avenue, widow of S. The 1940 name section lists Gordon Morrison at 611 East 7th Avenue, a helper at the Burrard Dry Dock. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Frances Morrison at 2592 East 7th Avenue.
Today
133 East 7th and 611 East 7th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2592 East 7th (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Morrison Cath wid S133 East 7th, p. 442
- Morrison Gordon hlpr Burrard Dry Dock611 East 7th, p. 443
- Morrison Mrs Frances2592 East 7th, p. 443
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.