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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Morrisons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Morrison at five addresses in 1940, all on West 11th 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1290 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Christina Morrison, a saleswoman at Mrs Clark's Treasures 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Harris at 1284. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1454 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Annie Morrison, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: T P Hamer at 1448 and D B Watt at 1462. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1655 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G A Morrison, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: cecilia court at 1645 and G Dean at 1665. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3156 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • D M Morrison, a boomman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Jones at 3146 and S E Johnston at 3166. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4085 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • E Morrison, a master mariner 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Morritt at 4081 and D P Carlyle at 4093. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a boomman, a master mariner and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 Mrs Christina Morrison at 1290 West 11th Avenue, a saleswoman at Mrs Clark's Treasures. The 1940 name section lists Annie Morrison at 1454 West 11th Avenue, a widow. In 1940 the directory lists G A Morrison at 1655 West 11th Avenue; 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 George A Morrison there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists D M Morrison at 3156 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Don M Morrison there as the householder, a boomman. In 1940 the directory lists E Morrison at 4085 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ewen Morrison there as the householder, a master mariner.

Today

3156 West 11th and 4085 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1290 West 11th (1959), 1454 West 11th (1958) and 1655 West 11th (1959) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.