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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Aaraks

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Aarak at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Aaraks lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    601 Denman Street

    West End, 1940

    • G Aarak 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wharf Denman at 607. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2177 East 41st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G Aarak 1940

    Next door in 1940: L J Storey at 2165 and M Adams at 2185. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and West End. 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 G Aarak at 601 Denman Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists G Aarak there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists G Aarak at 2177 East 41st 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).

Today

2177 East 41st (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 601 Denman, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Children parading on Denman Street past the Bay Theatre
1950 Children parading on Denman Street past the Bay Theatre. Not at the house at 601 Denman: no archive photo of the 600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 392-1788. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The book of the Aaraks

Every directory, as one book

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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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.