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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Murrays

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Murray at three addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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

    924 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W J Murray, a painter at the Standard Bank Building 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Mateer at 900 and S Nishimura at 934. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1960 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W J Murray, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Hickey at 1956. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3356 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Murray, retired 1940
    • Bernice I Murray, a saleswoman at Bon Ton Pastry & Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Scott at 3350 and Mrs C Williscroft at 3368. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a painter and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Fairview. 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 J Murray at 924 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William J Murray there as the householder, a painter at the Standard Bank Building. In 1940 the directory lists W J Murray at 1960 West 7th 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 William J Murray there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists A Murray at 3356 West 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Allan Murray there as the householder, retired, with Bernice I Murray, a saleswoman at Bon Ton Pastry & Confectionery.

Today

3356 West 7th (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 924 West 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 1960 West 7th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.