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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hagers

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Hager at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Hauger. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Hagers at 2243 West 1st in 1940.

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Where the Hagers 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

    2243 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J S Hager, a painter 1940
    • L Merle Hager, a stenographer 1940
    • Lawrence J Hager, a barber 1940
    • Sarah A Hager, widow of E 1940

    Next door in 1940: M E Munn at 2239 and W Copeland at 2249. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2607 West 35th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • A R Hager, a broker for Waghorn Gwynn 1940

    Next door in 1940: F E Larnder at 2627. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2050 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • H Hager, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Lobb at 2042 and F S Brent at 2058. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    429 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T Hauger, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: New York Hat Wks at 427. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a barber, a broker, a laborer, a miner, a painter and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Downtown, Kerrisdale and Kitsilano. 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 J S Hager at 2243 West 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John S Hager there as the householder, a painter, with L Merle Hager, a stenographer, Lawrence J Hager, a barber, and Sarah A Hager, widow of E. In 1940 the directory lists A R Hager at 2607 West 35th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists A Robert Hager there as the householder, a broker for Waghorn Gwynn.

In 1940 the directory lists H Hager at 2050 West 42nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harry Hager there as the householder, a miner. In 1940 the directory lists T Hauger at 429 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Thorleif Hauger there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

429 West Pender still has its building from before 1946, dated 1909 by the City's record; 2607 West 35th (2003) and 2050 West 42nd (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2243 West 1st, so that building is 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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.