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Strathcona
2,428 addresses on 33 streets, in the 1940 city directory
Few in Strathcona owned the house they lived in: the 1940 directory marks one in five of its households as owners, against half on the rest of the site's streets. Strathcona was the site's home of fishermen: the 1940 directory lists 166, eight times as common as on the site's other streets. Uyomon Tsuji of 342 Alexander Street was one.
Who lived at each house is read on every street in 1940; and in 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935 and 1945 on three of its 190 blocks: the 500–700 blocks of Keefer Street.
At work in 1940
The work the 1940 name section prints for the people it lists here, the most common first. Open one for some of the people who did it, each with their house.
Laborer317
- Charles Parker1224 Adanac Street
- George Takahashi306 Alexander Street
- Bernard Griffin534 Campbell Avenue
- Lawrence Giacoma252 East 1st Avenue
- David Klein272 East 2nd Avenue
And 312 more, each on their own house's page.
Proprietor285
- Mrs Kikuno Noda362 Alexander Street
- Michael Gregorak410 Campbell Avenue
- Jeffrey Bordignon232 East 2nd Avenue
- Kaizo Tsuyuki336 East Cordova Street
- Iwataro Nakamoto223 East Georgia Street
And 280 more, each on their own house's page.
Logger225
- Jack Smoroden1219 Adanac Street
- Akira Kono666 Alexander Street
- Fred Lall733 Campbell Avenue
- Sakuzo Jikemura346 East Cordova Street
- Konrad Gushto620 East Georgia Street
And 220 more, each on their own house's page.
Fisherman166
- Uyomon Tsuji342 Alexander Street
- John W Dalzell260 East 2nd Avenue
- Joseph W Williams206 East Cordova Street
- Pete Valkovich656 East Georgia Street
- Joseph Esposito447 East Hastings Street
And 161 more, each on their own house's page.
Salesman87
- Tomeo Aoki313 Alexander Street
- James Scott284 East 1st Avenue
- Ray Robinson452 East Cordova Street
- L F Tim246 East Georgia Street
- Suejiro Ibuki504 East Hastings Street
And 82 more, each on their own house's page.
Longshoreman71
- Michael Schultz524 East Cordova Street
- Robert R Ashcroft933 East Georgia Street
- A L MacNairn504 East Hastings Street
- George R Allan662 East Pender Street
- Joseph J Belanger421 Glen Drive
And 66 more, each on their own house's page.
Millworker66
- Tokijiro Tsuizo476 Alexander Street
- Robert Mossey360 East 1st Avenue
- Yusuki Saita306 East Cordova Street
- Don L Green722 East Georgia Street
- Benedict Chiste433 East Hastings Street
And 61 more, each on their own house's page.
Driver64
- James N Brown1228 Adanac Street
- Tsunekichi Sugiyama418 Alexander Street
- Constantine J Doneskey268 East 2nd Avenue
- Reisuka Kinoshita566 East Cordova Street
- C Copeland1118 East Georgia Street
And 59 more, each on their own house's page.
Carpenter57
- Charles B Brown1228 Adanac Street
- Thomas Babak447 Campbell Avenue
- Frank Durante276 East 1st Avenue
- Kokitchi Sawada344 East Cordova Street
- Michael Bandura429 East Georgia Street
And 52 more, each on their own house's page.
Cook56
- Chotaro Tatemichi629 East Cordova Street
- Frank Schreiner630 East Georgia Street
- Foon Lee404 East Hastings Street
- Seteo Sing846 East Pender Street
- Horne Lee523 Gore Avenue
And 51 more, each on their own house's page.
Manager50
- Shinichi Kawade406 Alexander Street
- Abraham Klein272 East 2nd Avenue
- Tajiro Ogino442 East Cordova Street
- Shotaro Hinatsu927 East Georgia Street
- Patrick Collins417 East Hastings Street
And 45 more, each on their own house's page.
Waitress48
- Jean Minch828 East Cordova Street
- Dolly Colman458 East Hastings Street
- Emma Johnston315 Hawks Avenue
- Helen Jackson659 Keefer Street
- Ellen Murray608 Powell Street
And 43 more, each on their own house's page.
Sectionmanfourteen times as common as on the rest of the site's streets18
- Anton Osipoff440 Campbell Avenue
- Salvatore Saminara373 East Hastings Street
- Peter Sowicki777 East Pender Street
- Louis Fornari405 Heatley Avenue
- William Kupina606 Jackson Avenue
And 13 more, each on their own house's page.
Peddlermost of the people on the site's streets with this work lived here13
- Ishio Makino420 East Cordova Street
- Peter Parker727 East Georgia Street
- Dan Hung827 East Pender Street
- David Schneidermann826 Hawks Avenue
- Benjamin Baltman708 Keefer Street
And 8 more, each on their own house's page.
Trimmernine times as common as on the rest of the site's streets12
- Mike Babiy937 Keefer Street
- Antonio Pastro437 Prior Street
- Joseph Galliazzo230 Union Street
- Giovanni Calabrigo537 Prior Street
- Antonio Tuon458 Union Street
And 7 more, each on their own house's page.
15 people listed here in 1940 were on active service, in the forces.
Who they worked for
- CPR42
- BC Electric Railway21
- CNR17
- Preston-Mann Towing17
- Canadian Pacific Steamships13
- Hammond's13
- Chemainus Towing11
- Commodore Towing10
At home
467 of the 2,352 households the 1940 street section lists here carry its * (the directory's mark for a family member owning the house), against half on the rest of the site's streets. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).
One in three of the people its name section lists here are householders (h); the rest live in someone else's house (r), as family, boarders or roomers. On the rest of the site's streets, half are householders.
Still standing
602 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 299 were rebuilt later, and 1,524 are gone from the City's list. The oldest still up:
- 646 East Georgia Streetbuilt 1892
- 286 Keefer Streetbuilt 1900
- 427 Glen Drivebuilt 1900
- 432 Heatley Avenuebuilt 1900
- 502 Hawks Avenuebuilt 1900
- 533 Union Streetbuilt 1900
Years built are the City's assessment records, approximate for old buildings.
In the archives
Archive photos of its streets, then three of its blocks on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, where the most still stands.
The streets
The 33 streets in Strathcona on the site, A to Z.
- Adanac Streetthe 1200 block: 5 addresses1940
- Alexander Streetthe 200–700 blocks: 76 addresses, 18 still standing1940
- Campbell Avenue27 addresses, five still standing1940
- Central Street2 addresses1940
- Charles Streetthe 1100–1200 blocks: 3 addresses1940
- East 1st Avenuethe 200–300 blocks: 24 addresses, two still standing1940
- East 2nd Avenuethe 200 block: 15 addresses, two still standing1940
- East Cordova Streetthe 200–1100 blocks: 203 addresses, 25 still standing1940
- East Georgia Streetthe 200–1200 blocks: 218 addresses, 67 still standing1940
- East Hastings Streetthe 200–1200 blocks: 245 addresses, 50 still standing1940
- East Pender Streetthe 200–1200 blocks: 226 addresses, 77 still standing1940
- Frances Streetthe 1200 block: 23 addresses, one still standing1940
- Franklin Streetthe 1100–1200 blocks: 15 addresses1940
- Glen Drivethe 200–500, 700 and 1100–1200 blocks: 30 addresses, six still standing1940
- Gore Avenue60 addresses, four still standing1940
- Grant Streetthe 1100 block: 1 address1940
- Hawks Avenue70 addresses, 21 still standing1940
- Heatley Avenue59 addresses, 18 still standing1940
- Industrial Avenue2 addresses1940
- Jackson Avenue54 addresses, twelve still standing1940
- Keefer Streetthe 200–1100 blocks: 240 addresses, 70 still standing1905–1955
- Main Streetthe 100, 300–1000 and 1600–1700 blocks: 192 addresses, 24 still standing1940
- Napier Streetthe 1200 block: 4 addresses1940
- Parker Streetthe 900–1100 blocks: 6 addresses, one still standing1940
- Powell Streetthe 200–1200 blocks: 210 addresses, 27 still standing1940
- Princess Avenue54 addresses, 23 still standing1940
- Prior Street96 addresses, 45 still standing1940
- Railway Street15 addresses, six still standing1940
- Terminal Avenue5 addresses, three still standing1940
- Union Streetthe 200–800 and 1000–1100 blocks: 187 addresses, 89 still standing1940
- Venables Streetthe 1000–1200 blocks: 15 addresses, one still standing1940
- Vernon Drive42 addresses, five still standing1940
- William Streetthe 1100–1200 blocks: 4 addresses1940
What the directory left out
The 1940 directory printed “Orientals” at 98 doors in Strathcona instead of the residents' names. Its canvassers often didn't take down Chinese, Japanese and other residents' names, so the people at those doors can't be named or counted from it. Each door is on its street's page, as printed.