A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Ohrs
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Ohr 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.
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Where the Ohrs lived
- 1
435 East 37th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- C Ohr, a cook at Spencer's 1940
- Irene I Ohr, a manager at Electragrill Sandwich Shop 1940
Next door in 1940: P Stevens at 431 and J Sharples at 439. The block, door by door
- 2
5144 Gladstone Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- H Ohr, a sausage maker at Betterton Bros 1940
- Connie Ohr, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: W Rennie at 5126 and F R Tacey at 5198. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a cook, a manager, a saleswoman and a sausage maker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 C Ohr at 435 East 37th 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 Charles Ohr there as the householder, a cook at Spencer's, with Irene I Ohr, a manager at Electragrill Sandwich Shop. In 1940 the directory lists H Ohr at 5144 Gladstone Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry Ohr there as the householder, a sausage maker at Betterton Bros, with Connie Ohr, a saleswoman at Woodward's.
Today
435 East 37th and 5144 Gladstone still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Ohr C435 East 37th, p. 253
- Ohr Chas cook Spencers435 East 37th, p. 469
- Ohr Irene I mgr Electragrill Sandwich Shop435 East 37th, p. 469
- *Ohr H5144 Gladstone, p. 60
- Ohr Connie slswm Woodwards5144 Gladstone, p. 469
- Ohr Henry sausage mkr Betterton Bros5144 Gladstone, p. 469
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Ohrs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ohr 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 O. Want a name removed? Tell us.