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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Krisches

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Krisch at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Kreisch. 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 Krisches 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

    674 Chilco Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M Kreisch 1940
    • Frederick Kreisch 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Hooley at 650 and J W Harston at 676. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    643 East 59th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • A Krisch, retired 1940
  3. 3

    5532 Sherbrooke Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R Krisch 1940

    Next door in 1940: G N Burlock at 5522 and H R Jacobs at 5540. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Sunset 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

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Kreisch at 674 Chilco Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick Kreisch there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists A Krisch at 643 East 59th 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 lists Albert Krisch there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists R Krisch at 5532 Sherbrooke Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert Krisch there as the householder.

Today

643 East 59th (1964) and 5532 Sherbrooke (1992) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 674 Chilco, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.