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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Richters

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Richter 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 Richters 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

    2020 East 46th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • W Richter, a furniture polisher at the Georgia Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: E McMillan at 2032. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    484 East 57th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • A Richter, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Busch at 480. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    447 West 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E Richter, a benchman at Hammond's 1940
    • Henry Richter, a polisher at Hammond's 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Couling at 439 and I Chernov at 455. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4621 West 2nd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Emma Richter, a maid for P S Gregory 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Whealton at 4629. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a benchman, a furniture polisher, a laborer, a maid and a polisher. Two of them worked for Hammond's.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and West Point Grey. 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 W Richter at 2020 East 46th Avenue; 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 William Richter there as the householder, a furniture polisher at the Georgia Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists A Richter at 484 East 57th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arnold Richter there as the householder, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists E Richter at 447 West 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Englebert Richter there as the householder, a benchman at Hammond's, with Henry Richter, a polisher at Hammond's. The 1940 name section lists Emma Richter at 4621 West 2nd Avenue, a maid for P S Gregory.

Today

484 East 57th and 447 West 17th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2020 East 46th (1978) and 4621 West 2nd (2018) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.