A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Sameks
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Samek at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Sameks lived
- 1
- 2
405 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- C Samek, a pipe maker 1940
Next door in 1940: P Callas at 403 and Intl Barber Shop at 407. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a pipemaker and representatives.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 C Samek at 3057 East 24th 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 Charles Samek there as the householder, in pipemaker and representatives. In 1940 the directory lists C Samek, a pipe maker, at 405 West Pender Street.
Today
3057 East 24th (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 405 West Pender, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Samek C3057 East 24th, p. 239
- Samek Chas pipemkr and repres 405 W Pender3057 East 24th, p. 542
- Samek C pipe mkr405 West Pender, p. 129
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Sameks
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Samek 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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Another name, or a house
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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.