A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Schreiners
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Schreiner 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 Schreiners lived
- 1
630 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- F Schreiner, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: Y Omari at 628 and H Noske at 634. The block, door by door
- 2
1020 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- C Schreiner, a waiter at the Vancouver Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L R Gray at 1010 and R Day at 1024. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a cook and a waiter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona and West End. 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 F Schreiner at 630 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Schreiner there as the householder, a cook. In 1940 the directory lists C Schreiner at 1020 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists Charles Schreiner there as the householder, a waiter at the Vancouver Hotel.
Today
The City no longer lists 630 East Georgia and 1020 Pendrell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Schreiner F630 East Georgia, p. 55
- Schreiner Frank cook630 East Georgia, p. 546
- Schreiner C1020 Pendrell, p. 132
- Schreiner Chas waiter Van Hotel1020 Pendrell, p. 546
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Schreiners
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Schreiner 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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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.