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The O'Rourkes

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at nine addresses

The directories print nine people named O'Rourke at nine addresses in 1940 in eight 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 O'Rourkes 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

    4883 Beatrice Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J M O'Rourke, a route inspector at Garvin Ice & Fuel 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Ritter at 4875 and Mrs R Brewer at 4891. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    859 Burrard Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Harriet O'Rourke 1940

    Next door in 1940: Nurseries Burrard at 849 and L W Faris at 875. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    575 East 26th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Bernard J O'Rourke, a mechanic for H Routledge 1940

    Next door in 1940: G V Hirst at 595. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1492 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J E O'Rourke, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: A B Clarke at 1482. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    575 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • M O'Rourke 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Hosang at 563 and Workers Dramatic Club at 577. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    403 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J O'Rourke 1940

    Next door in 1940: Can Seafarers Assn at 405. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4065 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Rev Brother Bartley O'Rourke, who worked for the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church 1940
  8. 8

    156 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W O'Rourke, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Williamson at 150 and B V Dunkley at 164. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1915 West 35th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Donna O'Rourke, a domestic for E T Squire 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Dawson at 1907 and T Wallace at 1919. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a domestic, a laborer, a mechanic, a route inspector and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, West End 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 M O'Rourke at 4883 Beatrice Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James M O'Rourke there as the householder, a route inspector at Garvin Ice & Fuel. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Harriet O'Rourke at 859 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section lists Bernard J O'Rourke at 575 East 26th Avenue, a mechanic for H Routledge.

In 1940 the directory lists J E O'Rourke at 1492 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Joseph E O'Rourke there as the householder, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists M O'Rourke at 575 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists J O'Rourke at 403 Powell Street.

The 1940 name section lists Rev Brother Bartley O'Rourke at 4065 West 10th Avenue, who worked for the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. W O'Rourke is listed at 156 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Wickham O'Rourke there as the householder, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists Donna O'Rourke at 1915 West 35th Avenue, a domestic for E T Squire.

Today

4883 Beatrice, 575 East Pender and 1915 West 35th still have their buildings from before 1946; 575 East 26th (1963), 1492 East 7th (1974), 403 Powell (1947) and 156 West 14th (1999) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 859 Burrard and 4065 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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 O. Want a name removed? Tell us.