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A family name on Turner Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland

The Wrights

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Wright at four addresses in 1940, all on Turner 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2690 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W A Wright 1940
    • John N Wright 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Stride at 2684 and J Ralph at 2696. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2737 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Eileen Wright, an usher at the Orpheum Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: G McIntosh at 2735 and W B Ferguson at 2747. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2760 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs A Wright, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: R McClung at 2748 and M Katnich at 2766. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2808 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F T C Wright, a warehouseman for J C Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Cotaras at 2802 and K Harcus at 2816. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: an usher and a warehouseman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (4). 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 W A Wright at 2690 Turner 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William A Wright there as the householder, with John N Wright. The 1940 name section lists Eileen Wright at 2737 Turner Street, an usher at the Orpheum Theatre.

Mrs A Wright is listed at 2760 Turner Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Annie Wright there as the householder, widow of J. F T C Wright is listed at 2808 Turner Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick T C Wright there as the householder, a warehouseman for J C Wilson.

Today

2690 Turner, 2760 Turner and 2808 Turner still have their buildings from before 1946; 2737 Turner (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.