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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Urens

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Uren at four 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 Urens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5319 Chester Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E W Uren, a sheet metal worker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Forbes at 5311 and Mrs M P Dean at 5325. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    259 East 32nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H A Uren, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Camille Uren, a finisher for Gordon Campbell 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Bradley at 253 and A Manson at 263. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1555 East 5th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C C Uren, a mechanic at Shurly Dietrich Atkins 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Burnham at 1545 and C E Gavin at 1563. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1430 Graveley Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G Uren, a barber at Central Barber Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: T J Cole at 1424 and Mrs M A Purves at 1436. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a barber, a conductor, a finisher, a mechanic and a sheet metal worker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 E W Uren at 5319 Chester Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edgar W Uren there as the householder, a sheet metal worker. In 1940 the directory lists H A Uren at 259 East 32nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Henry A Uren there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with H Arthur Uren, and Camille Uren, a finisher for Gordon Campbell.

In 1940 the directory lists C C Uren at 1555 East 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Charles C Uren there as the householder, a mechanic at Shurly Dietrich Atkins. In 1940 the directory lists G Uren at 1430 Graveley 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 lists George Uren there as the householder, a barber at Central Barber Shop.

Today

5319 Chester and 259 East 32nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 1555 East 5th (1963) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1430 Graveley, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Urens

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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 U. Want a name removed? Tell us.