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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Risks

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Risk 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. The most under one roof: three Risks at 2129 West 47th in 1940.

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Where the Risks 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

    1039 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • J B Risk, rooms to let 1940
    • Irene M Risk, a stenographer at Canadian Fairbanks-Morse 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H Richardson at 1043. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4158 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R S Risk, an accountant at the Anthes-Tait Foundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Mackenzie at 4154 and E Clayton at 4164. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2104 West 37th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Mary G Risk, widow of W H 1940

    Next door in 1940: C S Krempeaux at 2116. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2129 West 47th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • R J Risk, an accountant at Canadian White Pine 1940
    • Ella F Risk, a bookkeeper for M F Thomson 1940
    • Margaret M Risk 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B A Thacker at 2117 and A L Dixon at 2135. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: an accountant (2), a bookkeeper and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Kerrisdale, West End 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 J B Risk, rooms to let, at 1039 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Irene M Risk there, a stenographer at Canadian Fairbanks-Morse. In 1940 the directory lists R S Risk at 4158 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ralph S Risk there as the householder, an accountant at the Anthes-Tait Foundry.

The 1940 name section lists Mary G Risk at 2104 West 37th Avenue, widow of W H. R J Risk is listed at 2129 West 47th Avenue in 1940; 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 Robert J Risk there as the householder, an accountant at Canadian White Pine, with Ella F Risk, a bookkeeper for M F Thomson, and Margaret M Risk.

Today

2129 West 47th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 4158 West 12th (1999) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1039 Barclay and 2104 West 37th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.