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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kolbergs

In the city directories 1915–1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Kolberg at three addresses between 1915 and 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. The most under one roof: five Kolbergs at 2849 Quebec in 1940.

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Where the Kolbergs 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

    734 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1915

    • Lewis Kolberg 1915

    Next door in 1915: “Foreigners” at 742. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2849 Quebec Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C Kolberg, who ran a kosher meat market 1940
    • Albert Kolberg, a bookkeeper for S Goodman 1940
    • Kay Kolberg 1940
    • Mary Kolberg, an examiner at the Jantzen Knit Mills 1940
    • Sarah Kolberg, a saleswoman for S Goodman 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A MacIsaac at 2845. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1425 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • C Kolberg, in meats 1940

    Next door in 1940: Empire Auto Wreckers at 1421 and C B Rickard at 1427. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a bookkeeper, an examiner, a kosher meat market and a saleswoman. Two of them worked for S Goodman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Mount Pleasant 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 1915 the directory lists Lewis Kolberg at 734 Keefer Street, in the 734 Apartments. C Kolberg is listed at 2849 Quebec Street in 1940; 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 Colman Kolberg there as the householder, who ran a kosher meat market, with Albert Kolberg, a bookkeeper for S Goodman, Kay Kolberg, Mary Kolberg, an examiner at the Jantzen Knit Mills, and Sarah Kolberg, a saleswoman for S Goodman. C Kolberg, in meats, is listed at 1425 West Broadway in 1940.

Today

2849 Quebec still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 734 Keefer and 1425 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th
1900 A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th. Not at the house at 2849 Quebec: no archive photo of the 2800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P273. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Kolbergs

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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.