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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Larsens

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Larsen at two addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue, with the close spellings Laursen and Larssen. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Larsens at 2235 West 13th in 1940. The directories print the name on 42 other streets too, all listed on the Larsen name's own page.

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Where the Larsens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2235 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C C Larsen, who worked for Vancouver Breweries 1940
    • Anna Larsen 1940
    • Lewis Larsen, a carver at Vancouver Frame & Chair 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Jebson at 2225 and A C Howes at 2245. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3165 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L C Laursen, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Teddersen at 3155 and C S Crossley at 3175. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a carver, a driver and an employee.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 C Larsen at 2235 West 13th 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 C Larsen there as the householder, who worked for Vancouver Breweries, with Anna Larsen, and Lewis Larsen, a carver at Vancouver Frame & Chair. In 1940 the directory lists L C Laursen at 3165 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Laurence C Laursen there as the householder, a driver.

Today

3165 West 13th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2235 West 13th, 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

The book of the Larsens

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.