A family name on Cardero Street, West End and Downtown
The Murrays
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Murray at two addresses in 1940, all on Cardero Street. 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 136 other streets too, all listed on the Murray name's own page.
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Where the Murrays lived
- 1
746 Cardero Street
West End, 1940
- Eva A Murray, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
- Jessie C Murray 1940
Next door in 1940: T L Ravn at 738 and Mrs H E Millner at 764. The block, door by door
- 2
761 Cardero Street
West End, 1940
- A C Murray, a clerk at Slade & Stewart 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M Thyne at 753. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and an operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 Eva A Murray at 746 Cardero Street, an operator at the BC Telephone, with Jessie C Murray. A C Murray, rooms to let, is listed at 761 Cardero Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Andrew C Murray there, a clerk at Slade & Stewart.
Today
761 Cardero (1975) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 746 Cardero, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Murray Eva A opr BC Tel746 Cardero, p. 450
- Murray Jessie C746 Cardero, p. 450
- Murray A C rooms761 Cardero, p. 26
- Murray Andw C clk Slade & Stewart761 Cardero, p. 450
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Murrays
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Murray 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.