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A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End

The Wrights

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Wright at seven addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia 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

    375 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Wright, in building contractors 1940

    Next door in 1940: P M Dawson at 321. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    849 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Jessie C Wright, a stenographer at the National Harbours Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: georgia hotel at 801. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    900 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Jane Wright 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wilson W & J at 920. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    925 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J A Wright, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1159 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Edith Wright, a domestic 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A MacKenney at 1155 and Mrs W Hall at 1163. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1241 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Andrew W Wright, a marine engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Walmsley Motors at 1233 and Mrs M A Ferguson at 1259. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1330 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Albert Wright, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E S Mackintosh at 1344. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a domestic, a marine engineer, a salesman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (7). 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 J Wright, in building contractors, at 375 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jessie C Wright at 849 West Georgia Street, a stenographer at the National Harbours Board. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Jane Wright at 900 West Georgia Street. J A Wright, a physician, is listed at 925 West Georgia Street in 1940.

The 1940 name section lists Edith Wright at 1159 West Georgia Street, a domestic. The 1940 name section lists Andrew W Wright at 1241 West Georgia Street, a marine engineer. The 1940 name section lists Albert Wright at 1330 West Georgia Street, a salesman.

Today

900 West Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1933 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 375 West Georgia, 849 West Georgia, 925 West Georgia, 1159 West Georgia, 1241 West Georgia and 1330 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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.