A family name on East 1st Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Wrights
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Wright at two addresses in 1940, all on East 1st Avenue. 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 137 other streets too, all listed on the Wright name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Wrights lived
- 1
2787 East 1st Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J Wright, a seaman 1940
Next door in 1940: J Lee at 2773 and G A Phillips at 2793. The block, door by door
- 2
2930 East 1st Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J J Wright, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: F Moor at 2918 and J Kenny at 2940. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a seaman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2). 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 Wright at 2787 East 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Wright there as the householder, a seaman. In 1940 the directory lists J J Wright at 2930 East 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John J Wright there as the householder, retired.
Today
2787 East 1st and 2930 East 1st still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Wright J2787 East 1st, p. 173
- Wright John seamn2787 East 1st, p. 676
- Wright J J2930 East 1st, p. 173
- Wright John J retired2930 East 1st, p. 676
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Wrights
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Wright 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.