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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Koches

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Koch 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 Koches lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    6030 Cartier Street

    Oakridge, 1940

    • A O Koch, a president at National Dress 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H Best at 6010 and A M Whiteside at 6050. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    413 Davie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W A Koch, a baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Graff at 401 and Miss V Palmer at 415. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2834 East 49th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • H A Koch, an egg dealer 1940
  4. 4

    2263 East 54th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • D E Koch, an office manager at Macdonald & Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M O'Quinn at 2253 and J R Thom at 2283. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    122 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A Koch 1940

    Next door in 1940: Empress Barber Shop at 114 and Wo On Co at 124. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    50 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Albert Koch, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hatchery Queen at 36 and C Carlson at 52. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a baker, an egg dealer, a logger, an office manager and a president.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Killarney, Oakridge and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 A O Koch at 6030 Cartier Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert O Koch there as the householder, a president at National Dress. In 1940 the directory lists W A Koch at 413 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists William A Koch there as the householder, a baker.

In 1940 the directory lists H A Koch at 2834 East 49th Avenue; 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 lists Hans A K Koch there as the householder, an egg dealer. In 1940 the directory lists D E Koch at 2263 East 54th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists David E Koch there as the householder, an office manager at Macdonald & Wilson.

The 1940 name section lists A Koch at 122 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Albert Koch at 50 West Cordova Street, a logger.

Today

6030 Cartier, 122 East Hastings and 50 West Cordova still have their buildings from before 1946; 2263 East 54th (2009) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 413 Davie and 2834 East 49th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue
About 1920 Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue. Not at the house at 6030 Cartier: no archive photo of the 6000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, FD P44. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 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.