A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Murphys
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Murphy at two addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. 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 84 other streets too, all listed on the Murphy name's own page.
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Where the Murphys lived
- 1
1357 West 11th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Harry Murphy, in wholesale boots and shoes 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Hope at 1353 and kent (the) at 1365. The block, door by door
- 2
1405 West 11th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- D G Murphy, a radio operator at the Trans-Canada Air Lines 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Volins at 1411. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a radio operator and a wholesale boots and shoes.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harry Murphy at 1357 West 11th Avenue, in wholesale boots and shoes. D G Murphy is listed at 1405 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Don G Murphy there as the householder, a radio operator at the Trans-Canada Air Lines.
Today
1405 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1357 West 11th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Murphy Harry whol boots and shoes 321 Water1357 West 11th, p. 449
- Murphy D G1405 West 11th, p. 204
- Murphy Don G radio opr TCA1405 West 11th, p. 449
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.