A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Mahrers
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Mahrer at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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: four Mahrers at 345 West 13th in 1940.
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Where the Mahrers lived
- 1
345 West 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Miss R L Mahrer 1940
- Ruth I Mahrer 1940
- Eugene Mahrer, a musician 1940
- Leopold J Mahrer, a barrister 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs S J Ternan at 335 and Mrs M A James at 355. The block, door by door
- 2
942 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- L J Mahrer, a barrister 1940
Next door in 1940: Hse Egremont at 940 and Marine Conf at 944. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a barrister and a musician.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown and Mount Pleasant. 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 Miss R L Mahrer at 345 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 Ruth I Mahrer there as the householder, with Eugene Mahrer, a musician, and Leopold J Mahrer, a barrister. In 1940 the directory lists L J Mahrer, a barrister, at 942 West Pender Street.
Today
345 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 942 West Pender, 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.
- *Mahrer Miss R L345 West 13th, p. 211
- Mahrer Eug musician345 West 13th, p. 404
- Mahrer Leopold J barr 942 W Pender345 West 13th, p. 404
- Mahrer Ruth I345 West 13th, p. 404
- Mahrer L J barr942 West Pender, p. 131
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Mahrers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Mahrer 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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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.