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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Blockbergers

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Blockberger at two addresses in 1940 in Mount Pleasant. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Blockbergers 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

    569 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Blockberger, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Holland at 563 and J Illingworth at 577. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    417 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • B A Blockberger, of Broadway Printers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L M Dye at 405 and H Scholl at 431. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a miner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2). 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 W Blockberger at 569 East 8th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Walter Blockberger there as the householder, a miner. In 1940 the directory lists B A Blockberger at 417 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Bernard A Blockberger there as the householder, of Broadway Printers.

Today

417 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1939 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 569 East 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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, 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.