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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Murrays

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Murray at five addresses in 1940, all on West 10th 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 1185 West 10th 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

    975 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ida Murray, widow of D 1940

    Next door in 1940: P J Mackay at 967 and Mrs M Johnstone at 985. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1185 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss J M Murray 1940
    • Jessie M Murray, a stenographer at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940
    • Christine T Murray, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Arnett at 1175. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3171 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Murray, a barrister 1940
    • M Kathleen Murray, a clerk at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E A Arbo at 3161 and J S Don at 3181. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3320 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J J Murray, a clerk at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Jackson at 3330. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4327 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W D Murray, a confectioner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F G Koyama at 4325 and D Taylor at 4357. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a clerk (2), a barrister, a confectioner, a school teacher and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano (2) and West Point Grey. 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 Ida Murray at 975 West 10th Avenue, widow of D. Miss J M Murray is listed at 1185 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jessie M Murray there as the householder, a stenographer at the Canadian Bank of Commerce, with Christine T Murray, a school teacher.

W Murray is listed at 3171 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Whiteley Murray there as the householder, a barrister, with M Kathleen Murray, a clerk at Woodward's. J J Murray is listed at 3320 West 10th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists John J Murray there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office.

W D Murray, a confectioner, is listed at 4327 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William D Murray there, a confectioner.

Today

975 West 10th, 3171 West 10th and 3320 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1185 West 10th and 4327 West 10th, 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Murrays

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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.