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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Wrights

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Wright at five addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue. 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

    646 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Wright (no first name printed), retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Steedman at 636 and A C Cooke at 654. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1308 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • N E Wright, a clerk at the Liquor Control Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: M V Morrison at 1316. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2770 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L R Wright, a meat cutter at Safeway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Drake at 2762 and P E Henders at 2776. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3369 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L H Wright, a clerk at M T Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: L W Frayer at 3361. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4080 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • T Wright, a department manager at Gault Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Walton at 4074 and Mrs M H Coombs at 4084. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a clerk (2), a department manager and a meat cutter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano (2) and West Point Grey. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Wright (no first name printed) at 646 West 10th Avenue, retired. N E Wright is listed at 1308 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Neville E Wright there as the householder, a clerk at the Liquor Control Board.

L R Wright is listed at 2770 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Leonard R Wright there as the householder, a meat cutter at Safeway. L H Wright is listed at 3369 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Lyle H Wright there as the householder, a clerk at M T Co.

T Wright is listed at 4080 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Wright there as the householder, a department manager at Gault Bros.

Today

2770 West 10th and 3369 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4080 West 10th (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 646 West 10th and 1308 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.