A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Ericksons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Erickson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 47 other streets too, all listed on the Erickson name's own page.
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Where the Ericksons lived
- 1
1846 West 14th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs R D Erickson, widow of A 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L Carson at 1836 and C Stubbs at 1856. The block, door by door
- 2
3541 West 14th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- S Erickson, a piano tuner at J W Kelly Piano 1940
Next door in 1940: R Giroday at 3529 and A Bruce at 3549. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a piano tuner. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 R D Erickson at 1846 West 14th 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 Regina D Erickson there as the householder, widow of A. In 1940 the directory lists S Erickson at 3541 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Steph Erickson there as the householder, a piano tuner at J W Kelly Piano.
Today
1846 West 14th and 3541 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1846 West 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Erickson Mrs R D1846 West 14th, p. 216
- Erickson Regina D wid A rooms 805 Homer1846 West 14th, p. 186
- *Erickson S3541 West 14th, p. 217
- Erickson Steph piano tuner J W Kelly Piano3541 West 14th, p. 186
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Ericksons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Erickson 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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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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.