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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Charkows

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Charkow at four 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 Charkows 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

    2480 Laurel Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • K Charkow, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 2412. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3463 Oak Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • A Charkow, an office manager at Fit-Well Garments 1940

    Next door in 1940: bessborough apts at 3411. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1020 West 16th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • A M Charkow, a president at New Century Products and Fit-Well Garments 1940
    • Morris Charkow, a bookkeeper at Fit-Well Garments 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F Stafford at 1006 and Mrs S G Leveson at 1040. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    667 West 17th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • S Charkow, proprietor of Provincial Produce 1940

    Next door in 1940: J K Smith at 659 and Mrs C Trumbell at 681. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a bookkeeper, an office manager, a president and a proprietor. Two of them worked for Fit-Well Garments.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Shaughnessy (2), Fairview and South Cambie. 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 K Charkow at 2480 Laurel Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Kopel Charkow there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists A Charkow at 3463 Oak Street. The 1940 name section lists Abraham Charkow there as the householder, an office manager at Fit-Well Garments.

In 1940 the directory lists A M Charkow at 1020 West 16th 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 A Max Charkow there as the householder, a president at New Century Products and Fit-Well Garments, with Morris Charkow, a bookkeeper at Fit-Well Garments. In 1940 the directory lists S Charkow at 667 West 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sam Charkow there as the householder, proprietor of Provincial Produce.

Today

2480 Laurel, 1020 West 16th and 667 West 17th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3463 Oak (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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

The book of the Charkows

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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.