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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Koehlers

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Koehler at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Koehlers 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

    626 East 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C H Koehler, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: S J Jorgensen at 622 and J B Hewitson at 632. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6434 Prince Albert Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • Sadie Kehler, a waitress at Gertie's Coffee Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Bramwell at 6414 and S J Prince at 6464. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2115 West 22nd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • O Koehler, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Carr at 2127. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a painter and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Riley Park and Sunset. 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 H Koehler at 626 East 20th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles H Koehler there as the householder, a painter. The 1940 name section lists Sadie Kehler at 6434 Prince Albert Street, a waitress at Gertie's Coffee Shop.

O Koehler is listed at 2115 West 22nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Oscar Koehler there as the householder, retired.

Today

626 East 20th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1909 by the City's record; 6434 Prince Albert (2013) and 2115 West 22nd (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Koehlers

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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.