A family name on Commercial Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview
The Larsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at one address
The directories print four people named Larson at one address, 3588 Commercial Street in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, in 1940, with the close spelling Larsson. The directories print the name on 48 other streets too, all listed on the Larson name's own page.
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The Larsons at home
- 1
3588 Commercial Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs M Larson, widow of A 1940
- Doris Larson, a labeller at the Pacific Mills 1940
- Frank Larson, a fireman 1940
- Percy Larson, a fireman at Young & Gore Tugboat 1940
Next door in 1940: O Gardner at 3586 and Grandview Prod at 3590. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a fireman (2) and a labeller. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Larson at 3588 Commercial Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mabel Larson there as the householder, widow of A, with Doris Larson, a labeller at the Pacific Mills, Frank Larson, a fireman, and Percy Larson, a fireman at Young & Gore Tugboat.
Today
The City no longer lists 3588 Commercial, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Larson Mrs M3588 Commercial, p. 34
- Larson Doris labeller Pac Mills3588 Commercial, p. 337
- Larson Frank firmn3588 Commercial, p. 338
- Larson Mabel wid A clnr Marine Bldg3588 Commercial, p. 338
- Larson Percy firmn Young & Gore Tugboat3588 Commercial, p. 338
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Larsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Larson 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.