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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Germans

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named German at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Germain. 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 Germans at 1827 East 35th in 1940.

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Where the Germans 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

    1827 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Miss R I German 1940
    • Rachel I German 1940
    • David German, a leather worker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S E Burnett at 1817 and R Fleming at 1841. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1155 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • W C German, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Lagerquist at 1153 and H D Smith at 1171. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3824 Lanark Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J D German, an engineer for Empress Dairies 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A McConnell at 3808 and W H McCullough at 3840. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1600 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A T Germain, a painter at Imperial Oil 1940
    • Maurice A Germain, a clerk at Imperial Oil 1940
    • May V Germain 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Anderson at 1610. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a clerk, an engineer, a leather worker and a painter. Two of them worked for Imperial Oil.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Fairview 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

In 1940 the directory lists Miss R I German at 1827 East 35th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Rachel I German there as the householder, with David German, a leather worker. In 1940 the directory lists W C German at 1155 East Hastings Street; 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 Wilbert C German there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists J D German at 3824 Lanark Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James D German there as the householder, an engineer for Empress Dairies. In 1940 the directory lists A T Germain at 1600 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Albert T Germain there as the householder, a painter at Imperial Oil, with Maurice A Germain, a clerk at Imperial Oil, and May V Germain.

Today

1827 East 35th and 3824 Lanark still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1155 East Hastings and 1600 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.