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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Betkers

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Betker 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.

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Where the Betkers 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

    5860 Battison Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • G Betker, a laborer 1940
    • Hazel B Betker, an operator at Family Service Laundry 1940
  2. 2

    125 West 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Agnes Betker, who worked for Nelsons Laundries 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Hauge at 121 and G Born at 133. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    65 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Robert Betker, a peddler 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Nessenbaum at 59 and W D Horelkin at 75. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: an employee, a laborer, an operator and a peddler.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Killarney. 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 G Betker at 5860 Battison Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gus Betker there as the householder, a laborer, with Hazel B Betker, an operator at Family Service Laundry. The 1940 name section lists Agnes Betker at 125 West 5th Avenue, who worked for Nelsons Laundries. The 1940 name section lists Robert Betker at 65 West 7th Avenue, a peddler.

Today

125 West 5th (1956) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5860 Battison and 65 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Betkers

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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.