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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Onstads

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Onstad 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. The most under one roof: three Onstads at 2746 Victoria Drive in 1940.

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Where the Onstads 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

    518 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Ole Onstad, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: House Cordova at 512 and Mrs A Latkovich at 522. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2746 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A O Onstad 1940
    • Duane M Onstad, a salesman 1940
    • Therese L Onstad 1940

    Next door in 1940: A McBryde at 2736 and J A Toby at 2756. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3919 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A O Onstad, in auto repairs 1940

    Next door in 1940: Twenty-Second & Vic Serv at 3901 and A D Gordon at 3933. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a fisherman and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) 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 Ole Onstad at 518 East Cordova Street, a fisherman. A O Onstad is listed at 2746 Victoria Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Duane M Onstad there, a salesman, with Therese L Onstad. A O Onstad, in auto repairs, is listed at 3919 Victoria Drive in 1940.

Today

518 East Cordova still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2746 Victoria Drive and 3919 Victoria Drive, 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 Onstads

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Onstad 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.