A family name on East Pender Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Morrisons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Morrison at four addresses in 1940, all on East Pender Street, 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
731 East Pender Street
Strathcona, 1940
- D A Morrison, a watchman 1940
Next door in 1940: G Campbell at 721 and A J Malacord at 743. The block, door by door
- 2
1131 East Pender Street
Strathcona, 1940
- D Morrison, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: M Hecimovich at 1127 and E West at 1137. The block, door by door
- 3
1232 East Pender Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Dorothy Morrison, a waitress for Devon Cafe 1940
- Mrs Hilda Morrison 1940
Next door in 1940: Can Sumner Iron Wks (plant) at 1214 and Pioneer Fndy at 1236. The block, door by door
- 4
3582 East Pender Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- C M Morrison, a foreman at Cross & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: M F Leslie at 3568 and F J Brigden at 3586. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a foreman, a waitress and a watchman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (3) 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 1940 the directory lists D A Morrison at 731 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Don A Morrison there as the householder, a watchman. In 1940 the directory lists D Morrison at 1131 East Pender 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 lists Don Morrison there as the householder, retired.
The 1940 name section lists Dorothy Morrison at 1232 East Pender Street, a waitress for Devon Cafe, with Mrs Hilda Morrison. C M Morrison is listed at 3582 East Pender Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles M Morrison there as the householder, a foreman at Cross & Co.
Today
3582 East Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1934 by the City's record; 731 East Pender (1977) and 1131 East Pender (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1232 East Pender, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Morrison D A731 East Pender, p. 127
- Morrison Don A wtchmn731 East Pender, p. 442
- *Morrison D1131 East Pender, p. 127
- Morrison Don retired1131 East Pender, p. 442
- Morrison Dorothy waitress Devon Cafe1232 East Pender, p. 442
- Morrison Mrs Hilda1232 East Pender, p. 443
- *Morrison C M3582 East Pender, p. 128
- Morrison Chas M formn Cross & Co3582 East Pender, p. 442
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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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.