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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lusks

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Lusk at six addresses in 1940 in four 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 Lusks 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

    404 Abbott Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Lusk 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Lorenz at 418. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1308 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T J Lusk, a teamster 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sign Pacific at 1306 and A Johnson at 1310. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1689 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • R K Lusk, a shipwright 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G Parkinson at 1677. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    822 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C W Lusk, a nurseryman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Motordrome Ltd at 848. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    665 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Helen E Lusk 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Yanovich at 671. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1972 Whyte Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E Lusk, widow of I 1940
    • Marion L Lusk, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A Costello at 1948 and el mariner ct apts at 1996. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a school teacher, a shipwright and a teamster. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Fairview, Kitsilano and West End. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J Lusk at 404 Abbott Street. T J Lusk is listed at 1308 Howe Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas J Lusk there as the householder, a teamster.

R K Lusk is listed at 1689 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert K Lusk there as the householder, a shipwright. C W Lusk, a nurseryman, is listed at 822 Seymour Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Helen E Lusk at 665 West Broadway.

Mrs E Lusk is listed at 1972 Whyte Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Emma Lusk there as the householder, widow of I, with Marion L Lusk, a school teacher.

Today

404 Abbott, 1689 Robson, 665 West Broadway and 1972 Whyte still have their buildings from before 1946; 822 Seymour (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1308 Howe, 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Lusks

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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.