A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
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 West 12th Avenue. 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
1315 West 12th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Jennie Murphy, a widow 1940
Next door in 1940: E F Cribb at 1305 and maryland apartments at 1325. The block, door by door
- 2
1425 West 12th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- P H Murphy, a manager at Murphy Stationery 1940
Next door in 1940: J C Day at 1415 and Mrs M A Miller at 1433. The block, door by door
- 3
3749 West 12th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- N J Murphy, of Pauline Johnson Candy Shops 1940
Next door in 1940: F Wallbridge at 3737 and Mrs L H Adams at 3759. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a manager. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2) and West Point Grey. 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 Jennie Murphy at 1315 West 12th Avenue, a widow. P H Murphy is listed at 1425 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Percival H Murphy there as the householder, a manager at Murphy Stationery.
N J Murphy is listed at 3749 West 12th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Noel J Murphy there as the householder, of Pauline Johnson Candy Shops.
Today
3749 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1315 West 12th and 1425 West 12th, so those buildings are 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.
- Murphy Jennie wid —1315 West 12th, p. 449
- Murphy P H1425 West 12th, p. 208
- Murphy Percival H mgr Murphy Staty1425 West 12th, p. 449
- *Murphy N J3749 West 12th, p. 209
- Murphy Noel J of Pauline Johnson Candy Shops3749 West 12th, 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.