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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Christophers

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Christopher 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 Christophers 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

    19 East 39th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • S Christopher, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Black at 11 and E Smith at 27. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1125 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Paul Christopher, a cook at Lido Sandwich Shops 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hemenway & Son at 1123 and L N Gowdy at 1127. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1338 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • A A Christopher, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Petrie at 1326 and J T Weeks at 1342. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a laborer (2) and a cook.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview and Riley Park. 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 S Christopher at 19 East 39th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Steve Christopher there as the householder, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Paul Christopher at 1125 Granville Street, a cook at Lido Sandwich Shops.

A A Christopher is listed at 1338 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert A Christopher there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver.

Today

1125 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 19 East 39th (1965) and 1338 West Broadway (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Christophers

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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.