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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rothsteins

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at six addresses

The directories print eleven people named Rothstein at six 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: four Rothsteins at 865 West 15th in 1940.

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Where the Rothsteins 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

    1949 Creelman Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • M Rothstein, proprietor of M Rothstein & Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A McKay at 1943 and E E Hall at 1955. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    812 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Molly Rothstein 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Zanon at 800 and J Martinsen at 818. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2111 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Reuben Rothstein, proprietor of Society Cleaners & Dyers 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Scott at 2121. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1155 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • S Rothstein, a manager at S Rothstein Ltd 1940
    • Aser Rothstein, a director at Superior Soaps 1940

    Next door in 1940: N G Welch at 1145 and E T Telfer at 1165. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    865 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • L Rothstein 1940
    • Aser Rothstein 1940
    • Maurice Rothstein, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation 1940
    • Sam Rothstein Jr, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Neilson at 855 and E L Hartley at 875. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1104 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A Rothstein 1940
    • Norman L Rothstein, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: V D Dennison at 1106. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eleven: a proprietor (2), a director, a manager and a school teacher. Two of them worked for UBC.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and Strathcona. 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 Rothstein at 1949 Creelman Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Max Rothstein there as the householder, proprietor of M Rothstein & Son. The 1940 name section lists Molly Rothstein at 812 Keefer Street. The 1940 name section lists Reuben Rothstein at 2111 Kitchener Street, proprietor of Society Cleaners & Dyers.

In 1940 the directory lists S Rothstein at 1155 West 11th 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 Sam Rothstein there as the householder, a manager at S Rothstein Ltd, with Aser Rothstein, a director at Superior Soaps. In 1940 the directory lists L Rothstein at 865 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Louis Rothstein there as the householder, with Aser Rothstein, Maurice Rothstein, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation, and Sam Rothstein Jr, a student at UBC.

In 1940 the directory lists A Rothstein at 1104 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Norman L Rothstein there, a student at UBC.

Today

812 Keefer, 2111 Kitchener and 1104 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1104 West 15th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1949 Creelman (1978), 1155 West 11th (1973) and 865 West 15th (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 14 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.