A family name on West 39th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 39th 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
Southlands
- 1
2839 West 39th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- A G Murphy, a messenger at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940
Next door in 1940: J M McKinnon at 2831 and G J Campbell at 2843. The block, door by door
- 2
3833 West 39th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Millie Murphy 1940
Next door in 1940: H C Pim at 3825 and N A McLean at 3841. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a messenger.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 A G Murphy at 2839 West 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 Albert G Murphy there as the householder, a messenger at the Canadian Bank of Commerce. The 1940 name section lists Millie Murphy at 3833 West 39th Avenue.
Today
2839 West 39th and 3833 West 39th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Murphy A G2839 West 39th, p. 256
- Murphy Albt G msngr CB of C2839 West 39th, p. 449
- Murphy Millie3833 West 39th, p. 449
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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Another name, or a house
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.