A family name on Ontario Street, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, Oakridge, Sunset and Marpole
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 Ontario Street. 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
- 2
2608 Ontario Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Vernon J Wright, a helper at Masterbilt Doors 1940
Next door in 1940: J Murray at 2602 and H Allan at 2614. The block, door by door
- 3
3744 Ontario Street
Riley Park, 1940
- Walter Wright, a tinsmith 1940
Next door in 1940: P Hicks at 3732 and Mrs A Taylor at 3756. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a helper (2) and a tinsmith. Two of them worked for Masterbilt Doors.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) 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 A Wright at 1830 Ontario Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Andrew Wright there as the householder, a helper at Masterbilt Doors. The 1940 name section lists Vernon J Wright at 2608 Ontario Street, a helper at Masterbilt Doors. The 1940 name section lists Walter Wright at 3744 Ontario Street, a tinsmith.
Today
2608 Ontario still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1830 Ontario (1955) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3744 Ontario, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Wright A1830 Ontario, p. 122
- Wright Andw hlpr Masterbilt Doors1830 Ontario, p. 675
- Wright Vernon J hlpr Masterbilt Doors2608 Ontario, p. 676
- Wright Walter tnsmth3744 Ontario, 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.