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A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Morrisons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Morrison at four addresses in 1940, all on West 3rd 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

    1872 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Annie Morrison, a packer at National Biscuit 1940
    • Nellie Morrison, a packer at National Biscuit 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Chappell at 1864 and Miss H L Murphy at 1876. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2230 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J A Morrison, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Asbridge at 2216 and G M Ferguson at 2236. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2831 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss A Morrison 1940
    • Annie Morrison, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Brotheridge at 2821 and F R Spring at 2837. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3310 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • K P Morrison, a purser at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940
    • Frank K Morrison 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Gerhart at 3304 and L A Walker at 3316. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a packer (2), a fireman, a nurse and a purser. Two of them worked for National Biscuit.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4). 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 Annie Morrison at 1872 West 3rd Avenue, a packer at National Biscuit, with Nellie Morrison, a packer at National Biscuit. J A Morrison is listed at 2230 West 3rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Joseph A Morrison there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

Miss A Morrison is listed at 2831 West 3rd Avenue in 1940; 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 Annie Morrison there as the householder, a nurse. K P Morrison is listed at 3310 West 3rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ken P Morrison there as the householder, a purser at the BC Coast Steamship Service, with Frank K Morrison.

Today

2230 West 3rd, 2831 West 3rd and 3310 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1872 West 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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

The book of the Morrisons

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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.