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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bergens

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Bergen at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Bergens at 676 East 44th in 1940.

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Where the Bergens lived

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

    676 East 44th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mary Bergen, a saleswoman at Metro Stores 1940
    • Sarah Bergen, a maid at the Merritt Gordon Hotel 1940
    • Yustina Bergen, widow of G 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Burden at 666. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    606 East 46th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • C Bergen, a machinist at Boyles Bros 1940
    • Kath Bergen, widow of I K 1940

    Next door in 1940: F D Wylie at 616. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    133 West 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • D Bergen, a millworker at Sitka Spruce Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Kitaguchi at 125 and S Seaholm at 139. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a machinist, a maid, a millworker and a saleswoman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mary Bergen at 676 East 44th Avenue, a saleswoman at Metro Stores, with Sarah Bergen, a maid at the Merritt Gordon Hotel, and Yustina Bergen, widow of G. C Bergen is listed at 606 East 46th Avenue in 1940; 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 Cornelius Bergen there as the householder, a machinist at Boyles Bros, with Kath Bergen, widow of I K. The 1940 name section lists D Bergen at 133 West 5th Avenue, a millworker at Sitka Spruce Lumber.

Today

606 East 46th (1971) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 676 East 44th and 133 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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.