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The Christiansons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Christianson at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Christiansons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1249 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A Christianson 1940

    Next door in 1940: edwood apts at 1245 and T H Stringer at 1257. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1390 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Christianson (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Laidler G F Co at 1378 and Curtis Mtrs at 1396. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2605 Kitchener Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Johann F Christianson, a machinist operator at the Pacific Mills 1940
    • Stefan Christianson, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: P J Mitchell at 2651. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1575 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Betty Christianson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs P E Mathieson at 1565 and oxford apts at 1585. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2176 West 46th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • J Christianson, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Van Alstyne at 2170 and F A Perkins at 2182. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a carpenter and a machinist operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Kerrisdale and Strathcona. 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 A Christianson at 1249 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert Christianson there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Christianson (no first name printed) at 1390 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Johann F Christianson at 2605 Kitchener Street, a machinist operator at the Pacific Mills, with Stefan Christianson, a carpenter.

The 1940 name section lists Betty Christianson at 1575 West 15th Avenue. J Christianson is listed at 2176 West 46th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jacob Christianson there as the householder, retired.

Today

1575 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2605 Kitchener (1999) and 2176 West 46th (1962) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1249 East Pender and 1390 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 1249 East Pender: no archive photo of the 1200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Christiansons

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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.