A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Kalyks
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Kalyk at two addresses in 1940 in Strathcona. 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 Kalyks lived
- 1
1146 East Pender Street
Strathcona, 1940
- N Kalyk, a peddler 1940
Next door in 1940: T Goodman at 1138 and C Corrado at 1152. The block, door by door
- 2
1135 Union Street
Strathcona, 1940
- T Kalyk, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: B S Brown at 1131 and O E Olsen at 1141. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a logger and a peddler.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (2). 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 N Kalyk at 1146 East Pender 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Nick Kalyk there as the householder, a peddler. In 1940 the directory lists T Kalyk at 1135 Union Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Tony Kalyk there as the householder, a logger.
Today
1146 East Pender and 1135 Union still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Kalyk N1146 East Pender, p. 127
- Kalyk Nick pdlr1146 East Pender, p. 313
- *Kalyk T1135 Union, p. 159
- Kalyk Tony logr1135 Union, p. 314
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Kalyks
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Kalyk 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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Another name, or a house
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.