A family name on East 23rd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Mortons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Morton at two addresses in 1940, all on East 23rd Avenue, with the close spelling Moreton. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 55 other streets too, all listed on the Morton name's own page.
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Where the Mortons lived
- 1
624 East 23rd Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- T W Morton, a millwright at Contractors Supply S & D 1940
- Harold E Morton, a salesman at Vancouver Parts 1940
Next door in 1940: T Boyter at 620 and H Sauder at 640. The block, door by door
- 2
1306 East 23rd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- H Morton, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: R P Cartmell at 1312. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a conductor, a millwright and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 T W Morton at 624 East 23rd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas W Morton there as the householder, a millwright at Contractors Supply S & D, with Harold E Morton, a salesman at Vancouver Parts. In 1940 the directory lists H Morton at 1306 East 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry Morton there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.
Today
624 East 23rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1306 East 23rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Morton T W624 East 23rd, p. 236
- Morton Harold E slsmn Van Parts624 East 23rd, p. 444
- Morton Thos W mlwrt Contractors Supply S & D624 East 23rd, p. 444
- *Morton H1306 East 23rd, p. 236
- Morton Harry cond BCER1306 East 23rd, p. 444
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Mortons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Morton 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.