A family name on West 37th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Murrays
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Murray at two addresses in 1940, all on West 37th Avenue. 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 2816 West 37th 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
- 1
1250 West 37th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- A L Murray, a managing director at Columbia Power Co 1940
Next door in 1940: W H DeCew at 1222 and D L Black at 1264. The block, door by door
- 2
2816 West 37th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- J W Murray, a conductor at the CPR 1940
- Eldora L Murray, a saleswoman 1940
- R Elaine Murray, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: S A Anfield at 2822. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a conductor, a managing director and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Shaughnessy. 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 A L Murray at 1250 West 37th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists A Leith Murray there as the householder, a managing director at Columbia Power Co. In 1940 the directory lists J W Murray at 2816 West 37th 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 lists John W Murray there as the householder, a conductor at the CPR, with Eldora L Murray, a saleswoman, and R Elaine Murray, a student.
Today
1250 West 37th and 2816 West 37th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Murray A L1250 West 37th, p. 253
- Murray A Leith mng dir Columbia Power Co1250 West 37th, p. 449
- *Murray J W2816 West 37th, p. 253
- Murray Eldora L slswm2816 West 37th, p. 450
- Murray John W cond CPR2816 West 37th, p. 450
- Murray R Elaine studt2816 West 37th, p. 450
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Murrays
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Murray name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.