A family name on East 49th Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney
The Wrights
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Wright at two addresses in 1940, all on East 49th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Wrights at 754 East 49th in 1940. 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
754 East 49th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- Miss M G Wright 1940
- Marie G Wright, an investigator at the City of Vancouver 1940
- James J Wright, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: R B Westmacott at 746 and D Falconer at 760. The block, door by door
- 2
780 East 49th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- J L Wright, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: H J Woodfield at 774 and C E Pavey at 786. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an investigator and a laborer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset (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 Miss M G Wright at 754 East 49th 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 Marie G Wright there as the householder, an investigator at the City of Vancouver, with James J Wright, retired. In 1940 the directory lists J L Wright at 780 East 49th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John L Wright there as the householder, a laborer.
Today
754 East 49th (1989) and 780 East 49th (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Wright Miss M G754 East 49th, p. 264
- Wright Jas J retired754 East 49th, p. 676
- Wright Marie G investigator Van City754 East 49th, p. 676
- *Wright J L780 East 49th, p. 265
- Wright John L lab780 East 49th, 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.