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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mossmans

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Mossman at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Mossmans at 2350 West 39th in 1940.

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Where the Mossmans 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

    146 East 39th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R B Mossman, a cabinetmaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Hatley at 156. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    917 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Adeline Mosman, a maid at the Cobalt Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Better 'Ole (The) at 915 and Machinery Jobbing & Junk Co at 925. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1287 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs H A Mossman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K S Graves at 1267. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2350 West 39th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • J W Mossman, of Strathcona Garage 1940
    • Anne G Mossman, an elocution teacher 1940
    • George Mossman, a mechanic at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Iza Mossman 1940
    • William C Mossman, of Strathcona Garage 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Wright at 2360. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a cabinetmaker, an elocution teacher, a maid and a mechanic.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Riley Park, Strathcona and West End. 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 R B Mossman at 146 East 39th 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 Richard B Mossman there as the householder, a cabinetmaker. The 1940 name section lists Adeline Mosman at 917 Main Street, a maid at the Cobalt Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Mrs H A Mossman at 1287 Robson Street.

In 1940 the directory lists J W Mossman at 2350 West 39th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists J Watkin Mossman there as the householder, of Strathcona Garage, with Anne G Mossman, an elocution teacher, George Mossman, a mechanic at the City of Vancouver, Iza Mossman, and William C Mossman, of Strathcona Garage.

Today

917 Main still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 146 East 39th (1982) and 2350 West 39th (1987) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1287 Robson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.