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A family name on Ferndale Street, Grandview-Woodland

The Murrays

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Murray at two addresses in 1940, all on Ferndale Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Murrays at 1937 Ferndale 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

    1937 Ferndale Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W G Murray, a laborer at Buckerfield's 1940
    • Evelyn Murray, a packer at Buckerfields 1940
    • Patricia Murray, a packer at Buckerfield's 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Morton at 1927 and J R Losier at 1945. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2043 Ferndale Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Murray, proprietor of Murray's Photo Service 1940
    • George S Murray, a warehouseman for Kelly Douglas 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Milthorp at 2037 and S Maras at 2047. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a packer (2), a laborer, a proprietor and a warehouseman. Two of them worked for Buckerfield's.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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

In 1940 the directory lists W G Murray at 1937 Ferndale Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William G Murray there as the householder, a laborer at Buckerfield's, with Evelyn Murray, a packer at Buckerfields, and Patricia Murray, a packer at Buckerfield's. In 1940 the directory lists J Murray at 2043 Ferndale Street. The 1940 name section lists James Murray there as the householder, with James S Murray, proprietor of Murray's Photo Service, and George S Murray, a warehouseman for Kelly Douglas.

Today

1937 Ferndale still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2043 Ferndale, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Murrays

Every directory, as one book

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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.