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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lauritzens

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Lauritzen at five 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 Lauritzens 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

    5730 Cartier Street

    Oakridge, 1940

    • O A Lauritzen 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Renwick at 5710 and Mrs H F Dickinson at 5750. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1895 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E Lauritzen, a dredgeman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H K Qually at 1885. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    574 East 51st Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • C M Lauritzen, a dredgeman 1940
    • Sylvia Lauritzen, a hairdresser at H B C 1940

    Next door in 1940: G R Peterson at 562 and T K Lauritzen at 576. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    576 East 51st Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • T K Lauritzen, a driver for G L Pop 1940

    Next door in 1940: C M Lauritzen at 574 and Mrs S Mulholland at 596. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5114 Fraser Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C W Lauritzen 1940

    Next door in 1940: D J Quapp at 5138. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a dredgeman (2), a driver and a hairdresser.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Sunset (2) and Oakridge. 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 O A Lauritzen at 5730 Cartier Street; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). E Lauritzen is listed at 1895 East 35th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edmund Lauritzen there as the householder, a dredgeman.

C M Lauritzen is listed at 574 East 51st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Carl M Lauritzen there as the householder, a dredgeman, with Sylvia Lauritzen, a hairdresser at H B C. T K Lauritzen is listed at 576 East 51st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas K Lauritzen there as the householder, a driver for G L Pop.

C W Lauritzen is listed at 5114 Fraser Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Carl W Lauritzen there as the householder.

Today

5730 Cartier (1988), 1895 East 35th (1992), 574 East 51st (1983) and 5114 Fraser (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 576 East 51st, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.