A family name on Windsor Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Sunset
The Murrays
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Murray at one address, 2842 Windsor Street in Mount Pleasant, in 1940. The directories print the name on 136 other streets too, all listed on the Murray name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Murrays at home
Pleasant
- 1
2842 Windsor Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs J Murray, widow of A 1940
- A Murray, a warehouseman for Kelly Douglas 1940
- Cath Murray, a nurse 1940
Next door in 1940: J Ferris at 2836 and Mrs J Rowand at 2848. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a nurse and a warehouseman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs J Murray at 2842 Windsor Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Johann Murray there as the householder, widow of A, with A Murray, a warehouseman for Kelly Douglas, and Cath Murray, a nurse.
Today
2842 Windsor still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Murray Mrs J2842 Windsor, p. 169
- Murray A whsmn Kelly Douglas2842 Windsor, p. 449
- Murray Cath nurse2842 Windsor, p. 450
- Murray Johann wid A2842 Windsor, 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.