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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kurtzes

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Kurtz at four 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 Kurtzes 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

    411 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C Kurtz, a junk peddler 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D McKay at 409 and G Knowles at 415. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    637 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • F Kurtz, a junk peddler 1940
    • Mrs Ida Kurtz, proprietor of the Kurtz Stove & Furniture Exchange 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Pozarich at 633 and F Padovan at 651. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3131 West 27th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F L Kurtz, an agent at Kingcome Navigation 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H McRae at 3111 and G H Fleming at 3149. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3805 West 34th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E J Kurtz, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: S T Mains at 3813. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a junk peddler (2), an agent and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), 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 1940 the directory lists C Kurtz at 411 East 15th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles Kurtz there as the householder, a junk peddler. In 1940 the directory lists F Kurtz at 637 Union Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank Kurtz there as the householder, a junk peddler, with Mrs Ida Kurtz, proprietor of the Kurtz Stove & Furniture Exchange.

In 1940 the directory lists F L Kurtz at 3131 West 27th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Floyd L Kurtz there as the householder, an agent at Kingcome Navigation. In 1940 the directory lists E J Kurtz at 3805 West 34th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edwin J Kurtz there as the householder, retired.

Today

3131 West 27th and 3805 West 34th still have their buildings from before 1946; 637 Union (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 411 East 15th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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

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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.