A family name on East Georgia Street, Strathcona, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Osbornes
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Osborne at two addresses in 1940, all on East Georgia Street, with the close spelling Osborn. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 41 other streets too, all listed on the Osborne name's own page.
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Where the Osbornes lived
- 1
630 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- W E Osborn, a meat cutter at Canada Packers 1940
Next door in 1940: Y Omari at 628 and H Noske at 634. The block, door by door
- 2
2634 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A Osborn, a shipper 1940
Next door in 1940: C Nordstrom at 2628 and H Hubbard at 2640. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a meat cutter and a shipper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise 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
In 1940 the directory lists W E Osborn at 630 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists W Edward Osborn there as the householder, a meat cutter at Canada Packers. In 1940 the directory lists A Osborn at 2634 East Georgia 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 lists Albert Osborn there as the householder, a shipper.
Today
2634 East Georgia (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 630 East Georgia, 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.
- Osborn W E630 East Georgia, p. 55
- Osborn W Edw meat ctr Canada Pkrs630 East Georgia, p. 473
- *Osborn A2634 East Georgia, p. 56
- Osborn Albt shpr2634 East Georgia, p. 473
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Osbornes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Osborne 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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Another name, or a house
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.