A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Bergquists
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Bergquist 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. The most under one roof: three Bergquists at 2439 Eton in 1940.
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Where the Bergquists lived
- 1
2439 Eton Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A Bergquist, a carpenter 1940
- Rupert A Bergquist, an electrician engineer 1940
- Ruth Bergquist, a bookkeeper at the Dominion Income Tax 1940
Next door in 1940: W E Sherrington at 2431 and A R McPherson at 2451. The block, door by door
- 2
936 West 8th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Oscar W Bergquist, a machinist 1940
Next door in 1940: F L Henderson at 928 and S Yoshioka at 944. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a bookkeeper, a carpenter, an electrician engineer and a machinist.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 A Bergquist at 2439 Eton Street; 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 Andrew Bergquist there as the householder, a carpenter, with Arthur Bergquist, a carpenter, Rupert A Bergquist, an electrician engineer, and Ruth Bergquist, a bookkeeper at the Dominion Income Tax. The 1940 name section lists Oscar W Bergquist at 936 West 8th Avenue, a machinist.
Today
2439 Eton still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 936 West 8th (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
The book of the Bergquists
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bergquist name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.