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A family name on West 41st Avenue, Kerrisdale, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands

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 West 41st 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: four Murrays at 2893 West 41st 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

    1936 West 41st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Isabelle Murray, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Jameson at 1930 and Mrs E Ruggles at 1942. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2893 West 41st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • J Murray, of Murray Nursery 1940
    • Bertram H Murray, of Murray Nursery 1940
    • Everett J Murray, of Murray Nursery 1940
    • Mrs Jean Murray, of Murray Nursery 1940

    Next door in 1940: G S Ketcheson at 2875. The block, door by door

What they did

Two of them worked for Murray Nursery.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Isabelle Murray at 1936 West 41st Avenue, a student. J Murray is listed at 2893 West 41st 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 Murray there as the householder, of Murray Nursery, with Bertram H Murray, of Murray Nursery, Everett J Murray, of Murray Nursery, and Mrs Jean Murray, of Murray Nursery.

Today

1936 West 41st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1921 by the City's record; 2893 West 41st (1977) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 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

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.