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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Wrights

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Wright at three addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Wrights at 1565 West 14th 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

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

    1504 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • D J Wright, a clerk at Union Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A G Bell at 1508. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1565 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs N I Wright, widow of W 1940
    • Lawrence T C Wright, a salesman at Ainslie & Co 1940
    • Norma H Wright, a clerk at Davidson & Wright 1940

    Next door in 1940: regina (the) at 1555 and aleeta (the) at 1575. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2155 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T Wright, a school janitor 1940
    • Alice M Wright, a stenographer 1940
    • Marjorie Wright, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: D H Taylor at 2145 and H Richards at 2165. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a clerk (2), a salesman, a school janitor and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Kitsilano. 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 D J Wright at 1504 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists David J Wright there as the householder, a clerk at Union Oil. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs N I Wright at 1565 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Norma I Wright there as the householder, widow of W, with Lawrence T C Wright, a salesman at Ainslie & Co, and Norma H Wright, a clerk at Davidson & Wright.

In 1940 the directory lists T Wright at 2155 West 14th 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 lists Thomas Wright there as the householder, a school janitor, with Alice M Wright, a stenographer, and Marjorie Wright, a student.

Today

1504 West 14th and 1565 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2155 West 14th (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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.