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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nygrens

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Nygren at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Nygrens 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

    1260 Rossland Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • M Nygren, a cabinet maker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Ross at 1240 and R Lauder at 1280. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    767 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E Nygren, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: M G McDaniel at 763. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2676 William Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • G A Nygren, a blacksmith 1940

    Next door in 1940: R McNicol at 2668 and A Ginter at 2680. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a blacksmith and a cabinet maker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Fairview. 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 M Nygren at 1260 Rossland Street; 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 Martin Nygren there as the householder, a cabinet maker. In 1940 the directory lists E Nygren at 767 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward Nygren there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists G A Nygren at 2676 William Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gust A Nygren there as the householder, a blacksmith.

Today

2676 William still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 1260 Rossland (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 767 West 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.