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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Morrisons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Morrison at three addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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 most under one roof: three Morrisons at 1031 West 8th in 1940. 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

    1031 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • P Morrison, a salesman 1940
    • Doug M Morrison, a waiter for White Spot 1940
    • Hugh Morrison, a waiter for White Spot 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L R York at 1023 and A Pugh at 1055. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1455 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E J Morrison, a steward at the Palace Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gowen Sutton Co Ltd at 1445 and S McMaster at 1495. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2595 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G M Morrison, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: M H Bracey at 2585. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a waiter (2), a motorman, a salesman and a steward. Two of them worked for White Spot.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Kitsilano. 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 P Morrison at 1031 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Percy Morrison there as the householder, a salesman, with Doug M Morrison, a waiter for White Spot, and Hugh Morrison, a waiter for White Spot. In 1940 the directory lists E J Morrison at 1455 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Earl J Morrison there as the householder, a steward at the Palace Hotel.

In 1940 the directory lists G M Morrison at 2595 West 8th 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 M Morrison there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

1455 West 8th and 2595 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1455 West 8th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1031 West 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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, street section

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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.