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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Berges

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Berge at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Berges 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

    3059 East 29th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Oliver Buerge, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E White at 3051 and Mrs A Leader at 3091. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6804 Ross Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • Harold A Berge 1940
    • Marjorie L Berge, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Laird at 6810. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2185 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E Berge 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Henry at 2177 and J Johnstone at 2195. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Renfrew-Collingwood and Sunset. 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 Oliver Buerge at 3059 East 29th Avenue, a student at UBC. The 1940 name section lists Harold A Berge at 6804 Ross Street, with Marjorie L Berge, a student. In 1940 the directory lists E Berge at 2185 West 13th Avenue.

Today

3059 East 29th (1977), 6804 Ross (1967) and 2185 West 13th (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 4 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

The book of the Berges

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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.