A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Karns
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Karn at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Karns at 3635 Cambridge in 1940.
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Where the Karns lived
- 1
3635 Cambridge Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- C R Karn, a driver at Johnston National Storage 1940
- Edward C Karn, a helper at Morrison Steel 1940
- Gladys H Karn, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Dowling at 3629 and A Hewson at 3641. The block, door by door
- 2
179 West 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- B Karn, a sawdust dealer 1940
Next door in 1940: K H Smith at 175 and E Gee at 181. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a driver, a helper, a sawdust dealer and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in 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
In 1940 the directory lists C R Karn at 3635 Cambridge 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 Charles R Karn there as the householder, a driver at Johnston National Storage, with Edward C Karn, a helper at Morrison Steel, and Gladys H Karn, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists B Karn, a fuel dealer, at 179 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Bishop Karn there, a sawdust dealer.
Today
3635 Cambridge still has its building from before 1946, dated 1916 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 179 West 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Karn C R3635 Cambridge, p. 25
- Karn Chas R drvr Johnston Natl Stge3635 Cambridge, p. 314
- Karn Edw C hlpr Morrison Steel3635 Cambridge, p. 314
- Karn Gladys H sten3635 Cambridge, p. 314
- Karn B fuel dlr179 West 7th, p. 191
- Karn Bishop sawdust dlr179 West 7th, p. 314
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Karns
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Karn 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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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.