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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Murrays

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Murray at six addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

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

    184 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • George Murray, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Hardie at 174 and T Wood at 186. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    344 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J F Murray, retired 1940
    • Dorothea A Murray, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Hallett at 334 and R H Rayner at 354. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    654 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Helen M Murray, an elevator operator at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Moscrip at 646 and Mrs J Morrison at 666. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1306 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Robert Murray, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Newcomb at 1316. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1461 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M V Murray, widow of J E 1940
    • Marion V Murray, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Fayle at 1455 and D McLean at 1473. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3759 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs Carole Murray, proprietor of Curl-Craft Beauty Salon 1940

    Next door in 1940: N J Murphy at 3749 and Mrs M Baird at 3775. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a clerk, an elevator operator, an orderly, a proprietor and a school teacher. Two of them worked for Vancouver General Hospital. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Mount Pleasant (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 George Murray at 184 West 12th Avenue, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital. J F Murray is listed at 344 West 12th 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 James F Murray there as the householder, retired, with Dorothea A Murray, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists Helen M Murray at 654 West 12th Avenue, an elevator operator at the Vancouver General Hospital.

The 1940 name section lists Robert Murray at 1306 West 12th Avenue, a student at UBC. Mrs M V Murray is listed at 1461 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Marion V Murray there as the householder, widow of J E, with Marion V Murray, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Carole Murray at 3759 West 12th Avenue, proprietor of Curl-Craft Beauty Salon.

Today

184 West 12th, 1306 West 12th and 3759 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1306 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 344 West 12th, 654 West 12th and 1461 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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

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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.