A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Rekdals
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Rekdal at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Rekdals lived
- 1
1041 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- A Rekdal, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: G Simmers at 1033 and Mrs R E Wray at 1047. The block, door by door
- 2
3908 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- K Rekdal, a fisherman 1940
Next door in 1940: C S Rands at 3920. The block, door by door
- 3
662 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Tormod P Rekdal, a millworker 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Millar at 654. The block, door by door
- 4
403 East Hastings Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Ingrid Rekdal, a maid at the Patricia Hotel 1940
- Kristine Rekdal, a maid at the Patricia Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: collins u drive ltd at 417. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a maid (2), a fisherman, a logger and a millworker. Two of them worked for Patricia Hotel.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and West End. 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 Rekdal at 1041 Comox Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Andrew Rekdal there as the householder, a logger. In 1940 the directory lists K Rekdal at 3908 Dunbar 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 Karl Rekdal there as the householder, a fisherman.
The 1940 name section lists Tormod P Rekdal at 662 East 7th Avenue, a millworker. The 1940 name section lists Ingrid Rekdal at 403 East Hastings Street, a maid at the Patricia Hotel, with Kristine Rekdal, a maid at the Patricia Hotel.
Today
1041 Comox, 3908 Dunbar, 662 East 7th and 403 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946, 1041 Comox and 662 East 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Rekdal A1041 Comox, p. 35
- Rekdal Andw logr1041 Comox, p. 516
- *Rekdal K3908 Dunbar, p. 44
- Rekdal Karl fshrmn3908 Dunbar, p. 516
- Rekdal Tormod P mlwkr662 East 7th, p. 516
- Rekdal Ingrid maid Patricia Hotel403 East Hastings, p. 516
- Rekdal Kristine maid Patricia Hotel403 East Hastings, p. 516
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Rekdals
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Rekdal 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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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.