A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End
The Murrays
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Murray at three addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia Street. 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
- 1
309 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- J V Murray, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: W Graham at 307 and W Griffiths at 311. The block, door by door
- 2
925 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- D F Murray, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door
- 3
1966 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs A Murray 1940
Next door in 1940: W T Powell at 1964 and Park View Tea Rooms at 1968. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a cook.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 J V Murray at 309 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John V Murray there as the householder, a cook. In 1940 the directory lists D F Murray, a physician, at 925 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs A Murray at 1966 West Georgia Street.
Today
The City no longer lists 309 West Georgia, 925 West Georgia and 1966 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Murray J V309 West Georgia, p. 56
- Murray John V cook309 West Georgia, p. 450
- Murray D F phys925 West Georgia, p. 57
- Murray Mrs A1966 West Georgia, p. 449
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.