A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Kriegers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Krieger 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 Kriegers lived
- 1
5740 Dumfries Street
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- C Krieger 1940
Next door in 1940: B Costain at 5752. The block, door by door
- 2
555 East 46th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- A D Krieger, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: W S Aitken at 545 and E G Stokoe at 565. The block, door by door
- 3
700 Main Street
Strathcona, 1940
- G J Kriger, a fisherman 1940
Next door in 1940: Service Tobacco Stand at 714. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a fisherman and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona, Sunset 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 C Krieger at 5740 Dumfries Street; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). A D Krieger is listed at 555 East 46th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Adolph D Krieger there as the householder, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists G J Kriger at 700 Main Street, a fisherman.
Today
555 East 46th (1982) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5740 Dumfries and 700 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Krieger C5740 Dumfries, p. 44
- Krieger A D555 East 46th, p. 262
- Krieger Adolph D slsmn555 East 46th, p. 331
- Kriger G J fshrmn700 Main, p. 331
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Kriegers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Krieger name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.