A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
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 West 2nd 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
2266 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- M L Morrison 1940
Next door in 1940: F C Bass at 2264 and F G Race at 2274. The block, door by door
- 2
2565 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- D Morrison, a manager at Prud Trust 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss E C Pinch at 2555 and Mrs E Crane at 2585. The block, door by door
- 3
4322 West 2nd Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- A T Morrison, a president at Canadian Surgical Supplies 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A I Lloyd at 4330. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a manager and a president.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) 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
In 1940 the directory lists M L Morrison at 2266 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists M Lindsay Morrison there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists D Morrison at 2565 West 2nd 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 Don Morrison there as the householder, a manager at Prud Trust.
In 1940 the directory lists A T Morrison at 4322 West 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex T Morrison there as the householder, a president at Canadian Surgical Supplies.
Today
4322 West 2nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 2266 West 2nd (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record; for 2565 West 2nd, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Morrison M L2266 West 2nd, p. 176
- Morrison M Lindsay2266 West 2nd, p. 443
- *Morrison D2565 West 2nd, p. 176
- Morrison Don mgr Prud Trust2565 West 2nd, p. 442
- *Morrison A T4322 West 2nd, p. 177
- Morrison Alex T pres Can Surgical Supps4322 West 2nd, 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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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.