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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Shawcrosses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Shawcross at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Shawcrosses 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

    1740 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • C G Shawcross, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Stevens at 1734 and W G Collier at 1746. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2128 East 13th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • S Shawcross, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: R E Brown at 2118 and F Goldstraw at 2136. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2751 Franklin Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R Shawcross, a garage attendant at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Bennett at 2747 and W Barkhausen at 2755. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2520 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Shawcross (no first name printed), a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D Nicholson at 2506. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3808 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F Shawcross, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Sherwood at 3804 and K McLean at 3814. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a garage attendant, an on active service and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 C G Shawcross, rooms to let, at 1740 Comox 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 Charles G Shawcross there, who kept rooms to let. In 1940 the directory lists S Shawcross at 2128 East 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Stan Shawcross there as the householder, a salesman.

In 1940 the directory lists R Shawcross at 2751 Franklin Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Roy Shawcross there as the householder, a garage attendant at Woodward's. The 1940 name section lists Shawcross (no first name printed) at 2520 Triumph Street, a widow.

F Shawcross is listed at 3808 West 19th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Shawcross there as the householder, on active service.

Today

2520 Triumph and 3808 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1740 Comox (1976), 2128 East 13th (1998) and 2751 Franklin (2003) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees
1925 Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees. Taken where the 1700 block ends; it doesn't single out the house at 1740 Comox. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.