A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Demerlings
In the city directories 1940 · four people at one address
The directories print four people named Demerling at one address, 2854 Euclid Avenue in Renfrew-Collingwood, in 1940.
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The Demerlings at home
Collingwood
- 1
2854 Euclid Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- Mrs C Demerling, widow of C 1940
- Charles O Demerling, an apprentice for F Hinchcliffe 1940
- Edna A Demerling 1940
- Verna V Demerling 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Lamb at 2814 and G Hillgren at 2858. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: an apprentice. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Mrs C Demerling at 2854 Euclid 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Christina Demerling there as the householder, widow of C, with Charles O Demerling, an apprentice for F Hinchcliffe, Edna A Demerling, and Verna V Demerling.
Today
2854 Euclid (1994) has a newer building, 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.
- *Demerling Mrs C2854 Euclid, p. 49
- Demerling Chas O appr F Hinchcliffe2854 Euclid, p. 155
- Demerling Christina wid C2854 Euclid, p. 155
- Demerling Edna A2854 Euclid, p. 155
- Demerling Verna V2854 Euclid, p. 156
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Demerlings
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Demerling name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.