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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kaisers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Kaiser 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.

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Where the Kaisers 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

    337 Dunsmuir Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Edward T Kaiser, a display at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Master Painters' Supp at 331. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    380 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Eva Kaiser, a labeller at Canadian Canners 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Burns at 374. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2038 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • A Kaiser, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Quick Lunch Cafe at 2036 and Belt Line Repair Shop at 2040. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2480 Napier Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J B Kaiser, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L M Hickmore at 2460 and E S Kredba at 2488. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    946 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ernest A Kaiser, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M P Glover at 944 and D B Irwin at 950. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1783 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Emma J Kaiser, widow of J S 1940

    Next door in 1940: H B Towle at 1777 and Mrs D Ingram at 1787. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a barber, a display, a labeller, a painter and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise and Mount Pleasant. 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 Edward T Kaiser at 337 Dunsmuir Street, a display at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists Eva Kaiser at 380 East 15th Avenue, a labeller at Canadian Canners. In 1940 the directory lists A Kaiser, a barber, at 2038 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Alex Kaiser there, a barber.

In 1940 the directory lists J B Kaiser at 2480 Napier Street. The 1940 name section lists Joseph B Kaiser there as the householder, a painter. The 1940 name section lists Ernest A Kaiser at 946 West 15th Avenue, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists Emma J Kaiser at 1783 West 8th Avenue, widow of J S.

Today

946 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1915 by the City's record; 2480 Napier (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 337 Dunsmuir, 380 East 15th, 2038 Granville and 1783 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 2038 Granville: no archive photo of the 2000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Kaisers

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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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.