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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Meiers

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Meier at three 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 Meiers 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

    550 Cardero Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Joel Meier, a mechanic at Pender Garage 1940
  2. 2

    1449 East 2nd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs P Meier 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Collins at 1427 and R J Deacon at 1457. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4854 Knight Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • B Meier, a shoe maker for W J Heads 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Lamoureux at 4846 and O L Fransen at 4868. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a mechanic and a shoe maker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joel Meier at 550 Cardero Street, a mechanic at Pender Garage. Mrs P Meier is listed at 1449 East 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Pearl Meier there as the householder.

B Meier is listed at 4854 Knight Street 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 Bartholomew Meier there as the householder, a shoe maker for W J Heads.

Today

4854 Knight (2009) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 550 Cardero and 1449 East 2nd, so those buildings are 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Meiers

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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.