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The Kaufmanns

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Kaufmann at seven addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Kaufman. 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 Kaufmanns 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

    3191 Dunbar Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C E Kaufman, a service 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Fabri at 3165. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    794 East 21st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F Kaufman, a laborer at R & H Sawmill 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Walls at 788. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    917 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Jacob W Kaufmann, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Better 'Ole (The) at 915 and Machinery Jobbing & Junk Co at 925. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1547 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs Margaret Kaufman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Atlas Sht Mtl Wks at 1545 and B C Shut-Ins Soc at 1549. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3806 West 27th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • N Kaufmann, an engineer at the Convent of the Sacred Heart 1940
  6. 6

    3529 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • M Kaufmann, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Young at 3523 and R H Sheridan at 3535. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3977 West 31st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C E Kaufmann, who ran a service station 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Flowers at 3969 and C E Buchanan at 3985. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: an engineer, a laborer, a salesman and a service station.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Kitsilano (2), Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Strathcona. 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 E Kaufman, a service, at 3191 Dunbar 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). F Kaufman is listed at 794 East 21st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Kaufman there as the householder, a laborer at R & H Sawmill. The 1940 name section lists Jacob W Kaufmann at 917 Main Street, retired.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Margaret Kaufman at 1547 Powell Street. N Kaufmann is listed at 3806 West 27th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Nicholas Kaufmann there as the householder, an engineer at the Convent of the Sacred Heart.

M Kaufmann is listed at 3529 West 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Max Kaufmann there as the householder, a salesman. C E Kaufmann is listed at 3977 West 31st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles E Kaufmann there as the householder, who ran a service station.

Today

794 East 21st, 917 Main and 3529 West 2nd still have their buildings from before 1946, 794 East 21st on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3977 West 31st (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3191 Dunbar, 1547 Powell and 3806 West 27th, so those buildings are 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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.