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A family name on East 16th Avenue, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Murrays

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Murray at three addresses in 1940, all on East 16th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Murrays at 17 East 16th in 1940. 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    17 East 16th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss M M Murray 1940
    • Mary M Murray 1940
    • Roy A Murray 1940

    Next door in 1940: T G Addison at 23. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    247 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • D S Murray, a meat cutter 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Thomas at 239 and A Clark at 255. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    300 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Murray, a laborer 1940
    • Agnes Murray, a waitress at Spencer's 1940
    • Bella Murray 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W E Corkill at 302. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a laborer, a meat cutter and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Miss M M Murray at 17 East 16th 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 Mary M Murray there as the householder, with Roy A Murray. In 1940 the directory lists D S Murray at 247 East 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Don S Murray there as the householder, a meat cutter.

In 1940 the directory lists J Murray at 300 East 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John Murray there as the householder, a laborer, with James Murray, a shoe repairer at Mount Pleasant Shoe Repairs, Jenny Murray, Agnes Murray, a waitress at Spencer's, and Bella Murray.

Today

The City no longer lists 17 East 16th, 247 East 16th and 300 East 16th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.