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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nygards

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Nygard 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 Nygards 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

    556 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Paul Nygard 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Ochiai at 550 and Farmers' Products Distrib at 558. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5692 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs E E Nygard, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hoople Fish and Chips Major at 5684. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    9 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • I Nygard, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Royal Bk at 1 and fred's barber shop at 15. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a logger. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Strathcona. 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 Paul Nygard at 556 Powell Street. Mrs E E Nygard is listed at 5692 Victoria Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Elna E Nygard there, widow of R. The 1940 name section lists I Nygard at 9 West Cordova Street, a logger.

Today

556 Powell and 9 West Cordova still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 5692 Victoria Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Nygards

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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.