Vancouver / Names / D / Dierks

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dierkses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Dierks at seven addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Dirks. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Dierkses 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

    2450 East 27th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • A Dierks, a millworker at Cedar Cove S & D 1940

    Next door in 1940: W McIntyre at 2458. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1444 East 30th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • P E Dirks, of Dirks Bakery 1940
  3. 3

    65 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • E Dirks, retired 1940
    • Minnie Dirks 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Van Wyck at 57 and R C Hicks at 79. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4539 Fleming Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R M Dierks, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: G D McKenzie at 4523 and E R Henesey at 4579. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    6395 Quebec Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • E Dirks, of Dirks Bakery 1940

    Next door in 1940: D J Gregson at 6357. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2480 Trafalgar Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W S Dierks, a department manager at Spencer's Model Market 1940
  7. 7

    587 West 20th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Alix Dierks, a bookkeeper at O'Loane Kiely 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Clarke at 583 and Mrs E C Foster at 595. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a bookkeeper, a department manager, a fireman and a millworker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Sunset (2), Kitsilano, Renfrew-Collingwood 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 A Dierks at 2450 East 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arnold Dierks there as the householder, a millworker at Cedar Cove S & D. In 1940 the directory lists P E Dirks at 1444 East 30th 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 Paul E Dirks there as the householder, of Dirks Bakery.

In 1940 the directory lists E Dirks at 65 East 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward Dirks there as the householder, retired, with Minnie Dirks. In 1940 the directory lists R M Dierks at 4539 Fleming Street. The 1940 name section lists Reginald M Dierks there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

In 1940 the directory lists E Dirks at 6395 Quebec Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward Dirks there as the householder, of Dirks Bakery. In 1940 the directory lists W S Dierks at 2480 Trafalgar Street. The 1940 name section lists Winston S Dierks there as the householder, a department manager at Spencer's Model Market.

The 1940 name section lists Alix Dierks at 587 West 20th Avenue, a bookkeeper at O'Loane Kiely.

Today

1444 East 30th, 65 East 45th and 587 West 20th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2450 East 27th (2000), 4539 Fleming (2007), 6395 Quebec (2002) and 2480 Trafalgar (1997) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 14 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 Dierkses

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Dierks 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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.