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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Krauses

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Krause at eight addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Kruse. 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 Krauses lived

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

    5878 Beatrice Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Margaret Kruse, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Pickard at 5870. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1629 East 10th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Kath Kraus, a waitress at Toots' fountain Lunch 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Phillips at 1627 and E W Woodley at 1637. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2026 East 61st Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Lars Kruse, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Sands at 2056. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2825 Graveley Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H S Krause, a waiter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss G A Bury at 2819 and W R Barrett at 2839. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1126 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss M Krause 1940
    • Mary Krause 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Gateman at 1124 and Blanck's at 1132. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1148 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • C Kruse, a steelworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Smith at 1100 and J B Physick at 1156. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1525 West 28th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Melita Krause, a maid for H N Macpherson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E L Paterson at 1541. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2616 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Walter F Kruse, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Chapelas at 2606 and A S Gaylard at 2620. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: a maid, a miner, a salesman, a steelworker, a waiter and a waitress. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Victoria-Fraserview (2), Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano, Shaughnessy and West End. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Margaret Kruse at 5878 Beatrice Street, widow of W. The 1940 name section lists Kath Kraus at 1629 East 10th Avenue, a waitress at Toots' fountain Lunch. The 1940 name section lists Lars Kruse at 2026 East 61st Avenue, a miner.

H S Krause is listed at 2825 Graveley 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 lists Herbert S Krause there as the householder, a waiter. Miss M Krause is listed at 1126 Howe Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary Krause there as the householder.

C Kruse is listed at 1148 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Carl A Kruse there as the householder, a steelworker. The 1940 name section lists Melita Krause at 1525 West 28th Avenue, a maid for H N Macpherson. The 1940 name section lists Walter F Kruse at 2616 West Broadway, a salesman.

Today

1629 East 10th and 2026 East 61st still have their buildings from before 1946; 5878 Beatrice (1988), 2825 Graveley (1997), 1525 West 28th (2009) and 2616 West Broadway (1982) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1126 Howe and 1148 Thurlow, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.