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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Neufelds

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at three addresses

The directories print eleven people named Neufeld at three addresses in 1940 in Sunset. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: six Neufelds at 555 East 49th in 1940.

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Where the Neufelds 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

    596 East 46th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Cornelius Neufeld, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Lindsay at 586. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    555 East 49th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Miss S Neufeld 1940
    • Susie Neufeld 1940
    • Hulda Neufeld, a maid for W B Bishop 1940
    • John J Neufeld, a school teacher 1940
    • Laura V Neufeld 1940
    • Leonard Neufeld 1940

    Next door in 1940: P W Epp at 545 and Rev R G Milne at 575. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    7630 Main Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • H P Neufeld 1940
    • Emma K Neufeld, a domestic 1940
    • Frieda Neufeld, a maid for P Milne 1940
    • Leona Neufeld 1940

    Next door in 1940: A K Thirsk at 7668. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eleven: a maid (2), a domestic, a laborer and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (3). 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 Cornelius Neufeld at 596 East 46th Avenue, a laborer. Miss S Neufeld is listed at 555 East 49th 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 Susie Neufeld there as the householder, with Hulda Neufeld, a maid for W B Bishop, John J Neufeld, a school teacher, Laura V Neufeld, and Leonard Neufeld.

H P Neufeld is listed at 7630 Main Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry P Neufeld there as the householder, with Helmut Neufeld, Emma K Neufeld, a domestic, Frieda Neufeld, a maid for P Milne, and Leona Neufeld.

Today

596 East 46th (2018), 555 East 49th (2009) and 7630 Main (2004) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 13 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 Neufelds

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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 N. Want a name removed? Tell us.