A family name on East 5th Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise
The Wrights
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Wright at two addresses in 1940, all on East 5th 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: four Wrights at 2149 East 5th 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
2149 East 5th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs S E Wright, widow of E 1940
- Ethel A Wright, a saleswoman 1940
- Frances I Wright, a stenographer 1940
- Orval E Wright, a driver at Mohawk Lumber 1940
Next door in 1940: J L Percival at 2135 and W Pennington at 2157. The block, door by door
- 2
2975 East 5th Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W L Wright, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: R A Wall at 2969 and H Johnson at 2987. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a carpenter, a driver, a saleswoman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Mrs S E Wright at 2149 East 5th 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 Sarah E Wright there as the householder, widow of E, with Ethel A Wright, a saleswoman, Frances I Wright, a stenographer, and Orval E Wright, a driver at Mohawk Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists W L Wright at 2975 East 5th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter L Wright there as the householder, a carpenter.
Today
2149 East 5th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; 2975 East 5th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Wright Mrs S E2149 East 5th, p. 184
- Wright Ethel A slswm2149 East 5th, p. 675
- Wright Frances I sten2149 East 5th, p. 675
- Wright Orval E drvr Mohawk Lbr2149 East 5th, p. 676
- Wright Sarah E wid E2149 East 5th, p. 676
- *Wright W L2975 East 5th, p. 184
- Wright Walter L carp2975 East 5th, p. 676
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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Every directory, as one book
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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.