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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rosenbergs

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at seven addresses

The directories print ten people named Rosenberg at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Rosenbergs at 375 East 33rd in 1940.

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Where the Rosenbergs 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

    160 Cambie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E Rosenberg, a logger 1940
  2. 2

    250 East 32nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H Lokken Rosenburg 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Condio at 244 and J D Shipton at 258. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    375 East 33rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs A Rosenberg, widow of L 1940
    • Harry J Rosenberg, a draftsman at the Vancouver City School Board 1940
    • Robert B Rosenberg, a baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F Melville at 365 and J J Louden at 395. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    555 East 46th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Kath Rosenberg, a domestic 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Aitken at 545 and E G Stokoe at 565. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1349 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Edythe E Rosenberg 1940
    • Niels Rosenberg, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L Somerford at 1343 and R Smith at 1357. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    876 West 16th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A Rosenberg, proprietor of Famous Tailors 1940

    Next door in 1940: H R Seifert at 870. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1549 West 36th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • S M Rosenberg, a manager at Nootka Packing 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr A R Anthony at 1529 and A P Slade at 1569. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the ten: a baker, a domestic, a draftsman, a laborer, a logger and a manager, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Riley Park (2), Downtown, Shaughnessy and Sunset. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists E Rosenberg at 160 Cambie Street, a logger. The 1940 name section lists H Lokken Rosenburg at 250 East 32nd Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Rosenberg at 375 East 33rd 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 lists Annie Rosenberg there as the householder, widow of L, with Harry J Rosenberg, a draftsman at the Vancouver City School Board, and Robert B Rosenberg, a baker.

The 1940 name section lists Kath Rosenberg at 555 East 46th Avenue, a domestic. The 1940 name section lists Edythe E Rosenberg at 1349 West 10th Avenue, with Niels Rosenberg, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists A Rosenberg at 876 West 16th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex Rosenberg there as the householder, proprietor of Famous Tailors.

In 1940 the directory lists S M Rosenberg at 1549 West 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Syd M Rosenberg there as the householder, a manager at Nootka Packing.

Today

375 East 33rd and 1549 West 36th still have their buildings from before 1946; 250 East 32nd (2011), 555 East 46th (1982), 1349 West 10th (1970) and 876 West 16th (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 160 Cambie, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.