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A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Carlsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Carlson at six addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 63 other streets too, all listed on the Carlson name's own page.

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Where the Carlsons 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

    176 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Hans Carlson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Coast Fishermen's Union Pac at 164 and C N Inst (news agt) at 198. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    341 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Frank Carlson 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Furu at 337 and Lee Gee Dang at 343. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    523 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Sigurd Carlson, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Sjovik at 507 and Mrs T Haidechuk at 527. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    561 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Gust Carlson, a shingle inspector 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Veen at 551. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    575 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Carlson 1940
  6. 6

    612 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • C Carlson, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: New Method Barber Shop at 600 and Mrs I Bynoe at 618. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a carpenter, a laborer, a logger and a shingle inspector.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (5) and Downtown. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Hans Carlson at 176 East Hastings Street, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Frank Carlson at 341 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Sigurd Carlson at 523 East Hastings Street, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Gust Carlson at 561 East Hastings Street, a shingle inspector.

The 1940 name section lists Carlson at 575 East Hastings Street. C Carlson is listed at 612 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Carl Carlson there as the householder, a logger.

Today

341 East Hastings and 561 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946, 341 East Hastings on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 176 East Hastings, 523 East Hastings, 575 East Hastings and 612 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Carlsons

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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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.