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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mortons

In the city directories 1925–1940 · 60 addresses on 56 streets

The directories print the Morton name at 60 addresses on 56 streets between 1925 and 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Moreton. 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 Mortons lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Kitsilano10 addresses
  2. Kensington-Cedar Cottage8 addresses
  3. Downtown7 addresses
  4. West End6 addresses
  5. Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
  6. Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
  7. Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
  8. Mount Pleasant3 addresses
  9. Riley Park3 addresses
  10. Shaughnessy3 addresses
  11. Fairview2 addresses
  12. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  13. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  14. South Cambie1 address
  15. Strathcona1 address
  16. Sunset1 address
  17. Victoria-Fraserview1 address
  18. West Point Grey1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 3rd AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano; three people: H Morton, Frederick E Moreton and Math M Morton
    1940
  2. 2
    East 23rd AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: H Morton, T W Morton and Harold E Morton
    1940
  3. 3
    West 18th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Dunbar-Southlands; five people: A W Morton, W P Morton, Blake C Morton and two more
    1940
  4. 4
    Quebec StreetOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: J Morton
    1925
  5. 5
    Ash StreetOne address in South Cambie; one person: Mrs Elizabeth Moreton
    1940
  6. 6
    Beach AvenueOne address in West End; one person: H Morton
    1940
  7. 7
    Bute StreetOne address in West End; one person: Jennie Morton
    1940
  8. 8
    Cardero StreetOne address in West End; one person: Alice M Morton
    1940
  9. 9
    Copley StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: W Morton
    1940
  10. 10
    Dunsmuir StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Linda Morton
    1940
  11. 11
    East 15th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: E R Morton
    1940
  12. 12
    East 18th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: John P Morton and Martha B Morton
    1940

44 more streets, by name: East 24th Avenue (1), East 40th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), Elgin Street (1), Ferndale Street (1), Grant Street (1), Granville Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Haro Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Hull Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Kaslo Street (1), Lillooet Street (1), Main Street (1), Maple Street (1), Nanton Avenue (1), Nelson Street (1), Oak Street (1), Parker Street (1), Porter Street (1), Powell Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Turner Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Vine Street (1), Water Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West King Edward Avenue (1), West Pender Street (1), Yukon Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 60 addresses, 23 still have their buildings from before 1946, two have buildings standing whose year the City doesn't record, 13 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 22; each street's page names them.

The book of the Mortons

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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.