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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pitsches

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Pitsch 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. The most under one roof: four Pitsches at 728 East 39th in 1940.

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Where the Pitsches 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

    728 East 39th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F Pitsch 1940
    • Charles Pitsch 1940
    • Julien Pitsch 1940
    • Ralph Pitsch 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Johnson at 720 and W Bowes at 736. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4154 Fraser Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Pauline M Pitsch, a helper at Canadian Boxes 1940

    Next door in 1940: F M Bills at 4152. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a helper.

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 F Pitsch at 728 East 39th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Pitsch there as the householder, with Charles Pitsch, Julien Pitsch and Ralph Pitsch. The 1940 name section lists Pauline M Pitsch at 4154 Fraser Street, a helper at Canadian Boxes.

Today

728 East 39th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 4154 Fraser, 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

The book of the Pitsches

Every directory, as one book

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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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.