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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Branstroms

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Branstrom at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Branstroms 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

    1122 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • W H Branstrom 1940
    • Mrs L Pearl Branstrom, of Lorraine Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: marcroft manor apts at 1114 and S Miyasaki at 1124. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2636 Parker Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Andrew Branstrom, a laborer at Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Asuma at 2634 and J Orr at 2638. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    892 Prior Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • P M Branstrom, a laborer 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a laborer (2).

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Strathcona and West End. 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 H Branstrom at 1122 Davie Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William H Branstrom there as the householder, with Mrs L Pearl Branstrom, of Lorraine Shop. The 1940 name section lists Andrew Branstrom at 2636 Parker Street, a laborer at Burns & Co.

P M Branstrom is listed at 892 Prior Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Peter M Branstrom there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

2636 Parker (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1122 Davie and 892 Prior, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Branstroms

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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.