A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Kazakoffs
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Kazakoff 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.
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Where the Kazakoffs lived
- 1
1942 East 2nd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs E Kazakoff, widow of D 1940
Next door in 1940: C Clarance at 1936 and Mrs E M A Davies at 1952. The block, door by door
- 2
2720 Prince Edward Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A P Kazakoff, a sawdust 1940
Next door in 1940: Plymouth Brethren Ch at 2714 and Dyers Expert at 2724. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a sawdust. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland 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 Mrs E Kazakoff at 1942 East 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Elizabeth Kazakoff there as the householder, widow of D. In 1940 the directory lists A P Kazakoff, a sawdust, at 2720 Prince Edward Street. The 1940 name section lists Alec P Kazakoff there, a sawdust.
Today
1942 East 2nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2720 Prince Edward, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Kazakoff Mrs E1942 East 2nd, p. 175
- Kazakoff Eliz wid D1942 East 2nd, p. 315
- Kazakoff A P sawdust2720 Prince Edward, p. 136
- Kazakoff Alec P sawdust2720 Prince Edward, p. 315
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Kazakoffs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Kazakoff 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.