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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Raus

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Rau at three addresses in 1940 in Grandview-Woodland. 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 Raus 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

    1672 East Hastings Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • M Rau 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Kovish at 1652. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1903 East Hastings Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • M Rau, a furniture and stove repairer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Jaynes at 1901 and T W Everitt at 1905. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1300 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs M Rau, widow of W R 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Abel at 1314. The block, door by door

What they did

One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3). 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 M Rau at 1672 East Hastings 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). M Rau, a furniture and stove repairer, is listed at 1903 East Hastings Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Rau at 1300 Venables Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary Rau there as the householder, widow of W R.

Today

The City no longer lists 1672 East Hastings, 1903 East Hastings and 1300 Venables, so those buildings are 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Raus

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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.