A family name on Bute Street, West End and Downtown
The Murphys
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Murphy at three addresses in 1940, all on Bute Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 84 other streets too, all listed on the Murphy name's own page.
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Where the Murphys lived
- 1
925 Bute Street
West End, 1940
- W Murphy, proprietor of Glaz-O-Nut Doughnut Supplies 1940
Next door in 1940: G A Robinson at 975. The block, door by door
- 2
1065 Bute Street
West End, 1940
- B N Murphy 1940
Next door in 1940: mayfair apts at 1019. The block, door by door
- 3
1086 Bute Street
West End, 1940
- Brunel N Murphy, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E L Monkman at 1036. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an engineer and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3). 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 W Murphy at 925 Bute Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Wilfred Murphy there as the householder, proprietor of Glaz-O-Nut Doughnut Supplies. In 1940 the directory lists B N Murphy at 1065 Bute Street. The 1940 name section lists Brunel N Murphy at 1086 Bute Street as the householder, an engineer.
Today
925 Bute, 1065 Bute and 1086 Bute still have their buildings from before 1946, 925 Bute on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
The book of the Murphys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Murphy 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: 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.