A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Ackermans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Ackerman 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 Ackermans lived
- 1
764 East 18th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J M Ackerman, an education secretary at the BC Conference of Seventh Day Adventists 1940
- Mrs Lois J Ackerman, proprietor of Cheery Chicks Kindergarten 1940
Next door in 1940: C M Dingman at 750 and W P Robinson at 770. The block, door by door
- 2
2768 West 21st Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- J V Ackerman, a clerk at L Dreyfus & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: H O Morgan at 2760 and A L Mackie at 2776. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, an education secretary and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 M Ackerman at 764 East 18th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists James M Ackerman there as the householder, an education secretary at the BC Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, with Mrs Lois J Ackerman, proprietor of Cheery Chicks Kindergarten. In 1940 the directory lists J V Ackerman at 2768 West 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph V Ackerman there as the householder, a clerk at L Dreyfus & Co.
Today
764 East 18th (2017) and 2768 West 21st (2006) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Ackerman J M764 East 18th, p. 226
- Ackerman Jas M educ sec BC Conference of Seventh Day Adventists764 East 18th, p. 3
- Ackerman Mrs Lois J prop Cheery Chicks Kindergarten764 East 18th, p. 3
- *Ackerman J V2768 West 21st, p. 233
- Ackerman Jos V clk L Dreyfus & Co2768 West 21st, p. 3
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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.