A family name on Larch Street, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano and Arbutus Ridge
The Morrisons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Morrison at two addresses in 1940, all on Larch 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 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
5762 Larch Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- M D Morrison, a manufacturers agent 1940
Next door in 1940: S J Hatchett at 5752 and C C Padley at 5774. The block, door by door
- 2
5903 Larch Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Jean Morrison, a maid for Mrs K K Roe 1940
Next door in 1940: P J Maw at 5963. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a maid and a manufacturers agent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2). 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 M D Morrison at 5762 Larch 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 Malcolm D Morrison there as the householder, a manufacturers agent. The 1940 name section lists Jean Morrison at 5903 Larch Street, a maid for Mrs K K Roe.
Today
5903 Larch (2015) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5762 Larch, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Morrison M D5762 Larch, p. 102
- Morrison Malc D mfrs agt 365 Water5762 Larch, p. 443
- Morrison Jean maid Mrs K K Roe5903 Larch, 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.