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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mulgrews

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at four addresses

The directories print nine people named Mulgrew at four addresses in 1940 in two 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: four Mulgrews at 1245 Nelson in 1940.

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Where the Mulgrews 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

    2587 Dundas Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Mulgrew, in real estate 1940
    • Eleanor M Mulgrew, a stenographer for J Mulgrew 1940
    • Kathleen Mulgrew 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Melvin at 2571 and L Kalmas at 2595. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2477 East Hastings Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Mulgrew, in real estate 1940

    Next door in 1940: Highland Fruit Market at 2471 and Superior Stores at 2485. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1245 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • J Mulgrew, who worked for the BC Liquor Control Board 1940
    • Frances P Mulgrew 1940
    • Isabel Mulgrew, a stenographer 1940
    • Mary L Mulgrew, a stenographer at English Herbal Dispensary 1940

    Next door in 1940: queen anne gardens at 1235. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2482 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J M Mulgrew, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: E L Adams at 2464 and G Craig at 2492. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: a stenographer (3), a clerk, an employee and a real estate.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (3) 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 J Mulgrew at 2587 Dundas Street; 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 John Mulgrew there as the householder, in real estate, with Eleanor M Mulgrew, a stenographer for J Mulgrew, and Kathleen Mulgrew. In 1940 the directory lists J Mulgrew, in real estate, at 2477 East Hastings Street.

J Mulgrew is listed at 1245 Nelson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James Mulgrew there as the householder, who worked for the BC Liquor Control Board, with Frances P Mulgrew, Isabel Mulgrew, a stenographer, and Mary L Mulgrew, a stenographer at English Herbal Dispensary. J M Mulgrew is listed at 2482 Triumph Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John M Mulgrew there as the householder, a clerk at the City of Vancouver.

Today

2587 Dundas and 2477 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; 2482 Triumph (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1245 Nelson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1245 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 12 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.