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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Engstroms

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Engstrom at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Engstroms 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

    247 Abbott Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Engstrom, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Abbott House Assn at 233. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2134 East 60th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Harry Engstrom, a foreman at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Hickling at 2112 and C Lemon at 2188. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    856 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A Engstrom 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Pausche at 852 and A Austin at 860. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3578 Moscrop Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • O Engstrom, a lineupman at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Lascelles at 3532. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    152 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frank Engstrom, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ray's Ltd Cash & Carry at 150 and J W L Mills at 156. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a logger (2), a foreman and a lineupman. Two of them worked for Canadian White Pine.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Renfrew-Collingwood, Strathcona and Victoria-Fraserview. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Engstrom at 247 Abbott Street, a logger. The 1940 name section lists Harry Engstrom at 2134 East 60th Avenue, a foreman at Canadian White Pine. The 1940 name section lists A Engstrom at 856 Keefer Street.

O Engstrom is listed at 3578 Moscrop Street in 1940; 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 Oscar Engstrom there as the householder, a lineupman at Canadian White Pine. The 1940 name section lists Frank Engstrom at 152 West Cordova Street, a logger.

Today

856 Keefer still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3578 Moscrop (1999) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 247 Abbott, 2134 East 60th and 152 West Cordova, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Engstroms

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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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.