A family name on East 28th Avenue, Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Wrights
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Wright at three addresses in 1940, all on East 28th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
297 East 28th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- A Wright, a police officer at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: D Foster at 275. The block, door by door
- 2
666 East 28th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- J Wright, a shipper for W H Malkin 1940
Next door in 1940: S G Mitchell at 658. The block, door by door
- 3
3028 East 28th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- Rhoda C Wright, a housekeeper for F T Ball 1940
Next door in 1940: R Coates at 3022 and G S Merson at 3032. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a housekeeper, a police officer and a shipper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 A Wright at 297 East 28th 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 Albert Wright there as the householder, a police officer at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists J Wright at 666 East 28th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Wright there as the householder, a shipper for W H Malkin.
The 1940 name section lists Rhoda C Wright at 3028 East 28th Avenue, a housekeeper for F T Ball.
Today
297 East 28th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 3028 East 28th (1999) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 666 East 28th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Wright A297 East 28th, p. 243
- Wright Albt police CPR297 East 28th, p. 675
- *Wright J666 East 28th, p. 243
- Wright Jas shpr W H Malkin666 East 28th, p. 676
- Wright Rhoda C hsekpr F T Ball3028 East 28th, 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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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.