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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Murrells

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Murrell at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Murrells 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

    4063 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J F Murrell, a shipper for West Disinfecting 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C Baxter at 4047. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3224 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L Murrell, a window cleaner 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J MacAdams at 3216 and D Scott at 3230. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3780 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • G Murrell, a salesman 1940
    • Dorothy I Murrell, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Steel at 3768 and E A Britton at 3792. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a salesman, a shipper and a window cleaner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 F Murrell at 4063 West 20th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John F Murrell there as the householder, a shipper for West Disinfecting. In 1940 the directory lists L Murrell at 3224 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Leonard Murrell there as the householder, a window cleaner.

In 1940 the directory lists G Murrell at 3780 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George Murrell there as the householder, a salesman, with Dorothy I Murrell, a student.

Today

3224 West 2nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4063 West 20th and 3780 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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.