A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Galenzoskis
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Galenzoski at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Galenzoskis lived
- 1
604 East 54th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- C Galenzoski, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Talbot at 612. The block, door by door
- 2
2063 West 46th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Edith Galenzoski, a maid for A B J Laidley 1940
Next door in 1940: G H Saundry at 2055 and G D McKessock at 2071. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a laborer and a maid.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Sunset. 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 C Galenzoski at 604 East 54th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Carl Galenzoski there as the householder, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Edith Galenzoski at 2063 West 46th Avenue, a maid for A B J Laidley.
Today
604 East 54th (1979) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2063 West 46th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Galenzoski C604 East 54th, p. 267
- Galenzoski Carl lab604 East 54th, p. 214
- Galenzoski Edith maid A B J Laidley2063 West 46th, p. 214
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Galenzoskis
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Galenzoski 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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.