A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Lagerquists
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Lagerquist at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Lagerquists lived
- 1
1153 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Mrs E Lagerquist, widow of C 1940
- Frederick Lagerquist 1940
Next door in 1940: F A Sigvardsen at 1151 and W C German at 1155. The block, door by door
- 2
14 West Cordova Street
Downtown, 1940
- Carl Lagerquist, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: Garbo Cafe at 12 and Central Drug Store at 16. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a logger. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown 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 Mrs E Lagerquist at 1153 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Elsie Lagerquist there, widow of C, with Frederick Lagerquist. The 1940 name section lists Carl Lagerquist at 14 West Cordova Street, a logger.
Today
The City no longer lists 1153 East Hastings and 14 West Cordova, 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.
- Lagerquist Mrs E1153 East Hastings, p. 75
- Lagerquist Elsie wid C1153 East Hastings, p. 333
- Lagerquist Fredk1153 East Hastings, p. 333
- Lagerquist Carl logr14 West Cordova, p. 333
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Lagerquists
Every directory, as one book
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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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.