A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Ostergaards
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Ostergaard at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Ostirgaard. 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 Ostergaards lived
- 1
1036 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- A Ostergaard, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: B Gartos at 1032. The block, door by door
- 2
6862 Ross Street
Sunset, 1940
- J Ostirgaard, a millwright 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Dalton at 6848 and N Heaton at 6896. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a carpenter and a millwright.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona and Sunset. 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 A Ostergaard at 1036 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Axel Ostergaard there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists J Ostirgaard at 6862 Ross 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 John Ostirgaard there as the householder, a millwright.
Today
6862 Ross (1964) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1036 East Hastings, 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.
- Ostergaard A1036 East Hastings, p. 75
- Ostergaard Axel carp1036 East Hastings, p. 474
- *Ostirgaard J6862 Ross, p. 145
- Ostirgaard John mlwrt6862 Ross, p. 474
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Ostergaards
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ostergaard 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.