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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bergstroms

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Bergstrom at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Borgstrom. 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 Bergstroms at 1104 Bute in 1940.

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Where the Bergstroms 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

    1104 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • E Bergstrom, rooms to let 1940
    • Margot A Bergstrom, a stenographer at Motorcar Loan 1940
    • Russell Bergstrom, who worked for BC Box 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Worsfold at 1110. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1631 East 2nd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs E Borgstrom, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: G M Lewthwaite at 1623. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3962 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • G Bergstrom, an assistant display manager at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Berry at 3956 and E J Smith at 3974. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    14 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William Bergstrom, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Garbo Cafe at 12 and Central Drug Store at 16. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an assistant display manager, an employee, a logger and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, West End and West Point Grey. 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 E Bergstrom, rooms to let, at 1104 Bute Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Eric Bergstrom there, with Margot A Bergstrom, a stenographer at Motorcar Loan, and Russell Bergstrom, who worked for BC Box. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Borgstrom at 1631 East 2nd 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 Elin Borgstrom there as the householder, widow of J.

In 1940 the directory lists G Bergstrom at 3962 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George Bergstrom there as the householder, an assistant display manager at the Hudson's Bay Company. The 1940 name section lists William Bergstrom at 14 West Cordova Street, a logger.

Today

1104 Bute still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record; 3962 West 10th (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1631 East 2nd and 14 West Cordova, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.