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A family name on East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Hastings-Sunrise

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 Broadway. 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 756 East Broadway 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

    756 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs M Murray, widow of J H 1940
    • Arnold Murray, a driver at the Vancouver Parks Board 1940
    • Eric Murray 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Moors at 754. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    757 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C R Murray, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Fyvie at 755 and J McNiven at 763. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2737 East Broadway

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Margaret Murray, a student 1940
    • Margaret Murray, widow of J J 1940
    • Norman H Murray, a clipper at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M P G Keast at 2745. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a barber, a clipper and a driver. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Mrs M Murray at 756 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Marjorie Murray there as the householder, widow of J H, with Arnold Murray, a driver at the Vancouver Parks Board, and Eric Murray. In 1940 the directory lists C R Murray, a barber, at 757 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Charles R Murray there, a barber.

The 1940 name section lists Margaret Murray at 2737 East Broadway, a student, with Margaret Murray, widow of J J, and Norman H Murray, a clipper at BC Plywoods.

Today

756 East Broadway and 2737 East Broadway still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 757 East Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.