A family name on West 27th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie and Shaughnessy
The Larsens
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Larsen at two addresses in 1940, all on West 27th 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 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
- 1
1235 West 27th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- T Larsen, a professor at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: J Thorburn at 1225 and L T Brown at 1245. The block, door by door
- 2
3016 West 27th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Charles Larsen, a fisherman 1940
Next door in 1940: F S Fitzjohn at 3006 and S R Yates at 3030. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a fisherman and a professor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Shaughnessy. 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 T Larsen at 1235 West 27th 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 Thorleif Larsen there as the householder, a professor at UBC. The 1940 name section lists Charles Larsen at 3016 West 27th Avenue, a fisherman.
Today
3016 West 27th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1235 West 27th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Larsen T1235 West 27th, p. 242
- Larsen Thorleif prof UBC1235 West 27th, p. 337
- Larsen Chas fshrmn3016 West 27th, p. 337
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Larsens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Larsen 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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.