A family name on Victoria Drive, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Grandview-Woodland and Victoria-Fraserview
The Urquharts
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Urquhart at two addresses in 1940, all on Victoria Drive. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 36 other streets too, all listed on the Urquhart name's own page.
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Where the Urquharts lived
- 1
628 Victoria Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- D Urquhart 1940
Next door in 1940: W H McNey at 626 and Victoria Dye Wks at 632. The block, door by door
- 2
3473 Victoria Drive
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W G Urquhart, who worked for S D & W 1940
Next door in 1940: P Danielsen at 3451 and C A Snerle at 3485. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: an employee.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 D Urquhart at 628 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists David Urquhart there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists W G Urquhart at 3473 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section lists William G Urquhart there as the householder, who worked for S D & W.
Today
The City no longer lists 628 Victoria Drive and 3473 Victoria Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Urquhart D628 Victoria Drive, p. 161
- Urquhart David628 Victoria Drive, p. 626
- Urquhart W G3473 Victoria Drive, p. 162
- Urquhart Wm G emp S D & W3473 Victoria Drive, p. 626
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Urquharts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Urquhart 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 U. Want a name removed? Tell us.