A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Morrows
In the city directories 1940 · 36 addresses on 32 streets
The directories print the Morrow name at 36 addresses on 32 streets in 1940, in 17 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Morrows lived
- Kitsilano5 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
- Fairview4 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- West End3 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland2 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage2 addresses
- Riley Park2 addresses
- West Point Grey2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Downtown1 address
- Kerrisdale1 address
- Killarney1 address
- Marpole1 address
- Mount Pleasant1 address
- Sunset1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1West 13th AvenueFour addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; seven people: H J Morrow, J M Morrow, Addie M Morrow and four more1940
- 2West 5th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; three people: L H Morrow, T H Morrow and Norman C Morrow1940
- 3East 22nd AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: A Morrow1940
- 4East 2nd AvenueOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: Mrs L M Morrow1940
- 5East 3rd AvenueOne address in Hastings-Sunrise; one person: A Morrow1940
- 6East 40th AvenueOne address in Riley Park; two people: D H Morrow and D Leonard Morrow1940
- 7East 45th AvenueOne address in Sunset; one person: R W Morrow1940
- 8East BroadwayOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: Mrs F Morrow1940
- 9Gladstone StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: Mrs E Morrow1940
- 10Haro StreetOne address in West End; one person: Albert P Morrow1940
- 11Hudson StreetOne address in Marpole; one person: J E Morrow1940
- 12Mayfair AvenueOne address in Dunbar-Southlands; one person: W J T Morrow1940
20 more streets, by name: Morton Avenue (1), Nanton Avenue (1), Powell Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Quilchena Crescent (1), Renfrew Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Tyne Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 44th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 36 addresses, 18 still have their buildings from before 1946, eight have newer buildings and the City no longer lists ten; each street's page names them.
The book of the Morrows
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Morrow 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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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.