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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rastads

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Rastad 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.

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Where the Rastads lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5925 Chester Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mrs J Rastad, widow of K 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Hillhouse at 5915 and D McL Notman at 5935. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5934 Chester Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • C A Rastad, a proprietor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Harrison at 5924 and J W Young at 5954. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    327 West 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A L Rastad, a sheet metal worker at Boeing's 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Sutherland at 317 and R W Beggs at 341. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a proprietor and a sheet metal worker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2) 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 Mrs J Rastad at 5925 Chester 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Janet Rastad there as the householder, widow of K. In 1940 the directory lists C A Rastad at 5934 Chester Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clarence A Rastad there as the householder, a proprietor.

In 1940 the directory lists A L Rastad at 327 West 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur L Rastad there as the householder, a sheet metal worker at Boeing's.

Today

5925 Chester still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 5934 Chester (1967) and 327 West 23rd (2000) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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

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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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.