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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Schaefers

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Schaefer at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Schaefers 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

    1172 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • D Schafer 1940

    Next door in 1940: florida (the) at 1170 and Miss E H M Baillie at 1176. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1549 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • De L V Schaefer, a machinist at Boeings 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Fowler at 1541 and A S McKay at 1557. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    955 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M Schaefer, widow of M E 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs I Esch at 921 and H Aird at 989. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2827 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Richard M Schaefer, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Q Drysdale at 2819 and A Jessiman at 2835. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a machinist and a miner. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Grandview-Woodland and Kitsilano. 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 D Schafer at 1172 Barclay Street. De L V Schaefer is listed at 1549 Kitchener Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists De Leo V Schaefer there as the householder, a machinist at Boeings.

Mrs M Schaefer is listed at 955 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mabelle Schaefer there as the householder, widow of M E. The 1940 name section lists Richard M Schaefer at 2827 West 12th Avenue, a miner.

Today

1172 Barclay, 955 Thurlow and 2827 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1549 Kitchener (1978) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 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

The book of the Schaefers

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.