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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Korners

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Korner at four addresses in 1940 in Shaughnessy, with the close spelling Koerner. 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 Korners 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

    4750 Hudson Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • T Korner, an office for Alaska Pine 1940
    • J Korner, a millworker for Alaska Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B M Stoess at 4784. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1203 Matthews Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • W Koerner, a director for Alaska Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: H S Tobin at 1251. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1838 Matthews Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • O Korner, a director for Alaska Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Mather at 1864. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3489 Osler Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • L Korner, a president for Alaska Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr A L Lynch at 3437. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a director (2), a millworker, an office and a president. Five of them worked for Alaska Pine.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Shaughnessy (4). 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 T Korner at 4750 Hudson Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Theo Korner there as the householder, an office for Alaska Pine, with J Korner, a millworker for Alaska Pine. In 1940 the directory lists W Koerner at 1203 Matthews Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Walter Koerner there as the householder, a director for Alaska Pine.

In 1940 the directory lists O Korner at 1838 Matthews Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Otto Korner there as the householder, a director for Alaska Pine. In 1940 the directory lists L Korner at 3489 Osler Street. The 1940 name section lists Leon Korner there as the householder, a president for Alaska Pine.

Today

4750 Hudson, 1203 Matthews and 1838 Matthews still have their buildings from before 1946, 1203 Matthews on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3489 Osler (1997) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Hudson Street looking south toward the Eburne station, past the Hotel Eburne and parked cars
The 1910s Hudson Street looking south toward the Eburne station, past the Hotel Eburne and parked cars. Not at the house at 4750 Hudson: no archive photo of the 4700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, LGN 994. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Korners

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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.