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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Germunstads

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Germunstad at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Germunstads lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    159 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Martha Germanstad, a maid at the Balmoral Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Common Gold Cafe at 151 and Balmoral Hotel Cigar Stand at 161. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1565 Rupert Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • P Germunstad, a plumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Gronlie at 1525 and G Germunstad at 1567. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1567 Rupert Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • G Germunstad, a stone mason 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Germunstad at 1565 and F W Lee at 1595. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a maid, a plumber and a stone mason.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Downtown. 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 Mrs Martha Germanstad at 159 East Hastings Street, a maid at the Balmoral Hotel. P Germunstad is listed at 1565 Rupert 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 Paul Germunstad there as the householder, a plumber.

G Germunstad is listed at 1567 Rupert Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gust Germunstad there as the householder, a stone mason.

Today

1567 Rupert still has its building from before 1946, dated 1932 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1565 Rupert, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 159 East Hastings, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Germunstads

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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.