A family name on East 24th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
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 24th 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.
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Where the Wrights lived
- 1
406 East 24th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- C Wright, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries 1940
Next door in 1940: A T Keech at 412. The block, door by door
- 2
1240 East 24th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J Wright, a president at J Wright Ltd and proprietor of Acme Building Supplies 1940
Next door in 1940: W B Sanders at 1230 and C Bolton at 1254. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a president and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in 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 C Wright at 406 East 24th Avenue; 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 Clyde Wright there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries. In 1940 the directory lists J Wright at 1240 East 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Wright there as the householder, a president at J Wright Ltd and proprietor of Acme Building Supplies.
Today
406 East 24th and 1240 East 24th still have their buildings from before 1946, 406 East 24th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Wright C406 East 24th, p. 238
- Wright Clyde slsmn Can Bkries406 East 24th, p. 675
- *Wright J1240 East 24th, p. 238
- Wright John pres J Wright Ltd and prop Acme Bldg Supps1240 East 24th, 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.