A family name on Nanaimo Street, Hastings-Sunrise, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood and Victoria-Fraserview
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 Nanaimo Street. 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 514 Nanaimo 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
514 Nanaimo Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J Wright, a salesman at Crystal Dairy 1940
- Florence Wright, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
- Isabel M Wright, a saleswoman at Crystal Dairy 1940
- William J Wright 1940
Next door in 1940: F V Wills at 504 and F McDonald at 524. The block, door by door
- 2
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a saleswoman (2), a carpenter and a salesman. Two of them worked for Crystal Dairy.
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 514 Nanaimo Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph Wright there as the householder, a salesman at Crystal Dairy, with Florence Wright, a saleswoman at Woodward's, Isabel M Wright, a saleswoman at Crystal Dairy, and William J Wright. In 1940 the directory lists A S Wright at 2323 Nanaimo Street; 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 lists Allan S Wright there as the householder, a carpenter.
Today
514 Nanaimo still has its building from before 1946, dated 1932 by the City's record; 2323 Nanaimo (1986) 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 J514 Nanaimo, p. 116
- Wright Florence slswm Woodwards514 Nanaimo, p. 675
- Wright Isabel M slswm Crystal Dairy514 Nanaimo, p. 676
- Wright Jos slsmn Crystal Dairy514 Nanaimo, p. 676
- Wright Wm J514 Nanaimo, p. 676
- *Wright A S2323 Nanaimo, p. 116
- Wright Allan S carp2323 Nanaimo, p. 675
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.