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A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Wrights

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Wright at four addresses in 1940, all on West 2nd 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 3362 West 2nd 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

    1889 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Wright 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Burton at 1879 and J Purves at 1897. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2326 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Charles Wright, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Frost at 2320 and J E Austin at 2334. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2396 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F J Wright, a car tracer at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: H H Free at 2386. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3362 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs G Wright, widow of G L 1940
    • G Stuart Wright, a mechanic 1940
    • Rika L Wright, a stenographer at the Provincial Infirmary 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C M Walsh at 3356. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a car tracer, a mechanic and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (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 Wright at 1889 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles Wright at 2326 West 2nd Avenue, retired. In 1940 the directory lists F J Wright at 2396 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick J Wright there as the householder, a car tracer at the CPR.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs G Wright at 3362 West 2nd 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 Gunhild Wright there as the householder, widow of G L, with G Stuart Wright, a mechanic, and Rika L Wright, a stenographer at the Provincial Infirmary.

Today

3362 West 2nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1889 West 2nd, 2326 West 2nd and 2396 West 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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.