A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown
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 Nelson 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
1058 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- J Morrison, an engineer at Caroline Court 1940
Next door in 1940: Star Garage at 1042 and L E Collum at 1070. The block, door by door
- 2
1130 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- E W Morrison, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: 5 listings at 1122 and Miss G Morton at 1132. The block, door by door
- 3
1245 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs V Morrison, a nurse 1940
Next door in 1940: queen anne gardens at 1235. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a conductor, an engineer and a nurse.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3). 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 J Morrison at 1058 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Morrison there as the householder, an engineer at Caroline Court. In 1940 the directory lists E W Morrison at 1130 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Ernest W Morrison there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs V Morrison at 1245 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Vivian Morrison there as the householder, a nurse.
Today
1058 Nelson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1130 Nelson and 1245 Nelson, 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 J1058 Nelson, p. 118
- Morrison John eng Caroline Ct1058 Nelson, p. 443
- Morrison E W1130 Nelson, p. 118
- Morrison Ernest W cond BCER1130 Nelson, p. 442
- Morrison Mrs V1245 Nelson, p. 119
- Morrison Mrs Vivian nurse1245 Nelson, 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.