A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Norgans
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Norgan at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Norgans lived
- 1
843 Cardero Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs E C Norgan 1940
Next door in 1940: A D Bates at 893. The block, door by door
- 2
1776 West 40th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- G W Norgan 1940
Next door in 1940: Dr D D Freeze at 1758. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Shaughnessy and West End. 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 E C Norgan at 843 Cardero Street. G W Norgan is listed at 1776 West 40th 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).
Today
843 Cardero and 1776 West 40th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Norgan Mrs E C843 Cardero, p. 26
- *Norgan G W1776 West 40th, p. 256
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Norgans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Norgan 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 N. Want a name removed? Tell us.