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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Beckers

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

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

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Where the Beckers 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

    446 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Joseph Becker 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 444 and L Jang at 452. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1236 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Albert J Becker, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Miller at 1234 and Mrs G Maloney at 1242. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3035 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • I S Becker, a manager at Burrard Electric & Radio 1940
    • Mrs Rebecca Becker, proprietor of Burrard Electric & Radio 1940

    Next door in 1940: B F Priest at 3025 and G H Sale at 3045. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3829 West 21st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Robert J Becker, a salesman for A E Austin 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Smith at 3825 and W Patterson at 3835. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a manager, a proprietor and a salesman. Two of them worked for Burrard Electric & Radio.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Kitsilano and Strathcona. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph Becker at 446 Keefer Street. The 1940 name section lists Albert J Becker at 1236 West 10th Avenue, a student. In 1940 the directory lists I S Becker at 3035 West 11th 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 Irving S Becker there as the householder, a manager at Burrard Electric & Radio, with Mrs Rebecca Becker, proprietor of Burrard Electric & Radio.

The 1940 name section lists Robert J Becker at 3829 West 21st Avenue, a salesman for A E Austin.

Today

3829 West 21st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 3035 West 11th (1991) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 446 Keefer and 1236 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.