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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Falks

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Falk at six 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. The most under one roof: three Falks at 1147 Nelson in 1940.

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Where the Falks 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

    1159 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Gus Falk, a helper for Eden Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs D M Holt at 1155 and Mrs C A Murray at 1161. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1765 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • H E Falk, a managing director at Stanley Park Pharmacy 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Knechtel at 1755 and J H Thornton at 1771. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    367 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Louis Falk 1940

    Next door in 1940: O K Shoe Reprg at 365 and Van Button Wks at 369. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1147 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • A L Falk, a logger 1940
    • Clarence L Falk 1940
    • Esther M Falk, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Vassey at 1121 and J Middleton at 1155. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1516 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • M Falk 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Adachi at 1514. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3776 West 33rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs Barbara Falk 1940
    • Barbara M Falk, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: E S Anthony at 3758 and F J Vollmer at 3792. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a helper, a logger, a managing director, a nurse and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3), Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland and Strathcona. 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 Gus Falk at 1159 Comox Street, a helper for Eden Cafe. H E Falk is listed at 1765 Comox Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Henry E Falk there as the householder, a managing director at Stanley Park Pharmacy, with Harry E Falk, a student. The 1940 name section lists Louis Falk at 367 East Hastings Street.

In 1940 the directory lists A L Falk at 1147 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Alfred L Falk there as the householder, a logger, with Clarence L Falk, and Esther M Falk, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists M Falk at 1516 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Barbara Falk at 3776 West 33rd Avenue, with Barbara M Falk, a nurse.

Today

367 East Hastings and 1516 Powell still have their buildings from before 1946, 1516 Powell on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1147 Nelson (1986) and 3776 West 33rd (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1159 Comox and 1765 Comox, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1147 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 12 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 Falks

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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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.