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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Seabergs

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Seaberg at three 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 Seabergs 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

    1216 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Arthur Seaberg, a laborer at British Pacific Properties 1940

    Next door in 1940: T L Smith at 1220. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    427 East 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • K R Seaberg, a cement contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Austin at 425 and V L Anderson at 443. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1529 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Erik Seaberg, a printer at News-Herald 1940

    Next door in 1940: Chung Lee Wing at 1517. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a cement contractor, a laborer and a printer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Riley Park 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur Seaberg at 1216 Alberni Street, a laborer at British Pacific Properties. K R Seaberg, a cement contractor, is listed at 427 East 20th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists K Rudolph Seaberg there as the householder, a cement contractor. The 1940 name section lists Erik Seaberg at 1529 West Pender Street, a printer at News-Herald.

Today

427 East 20th (1980) and 1529 West Pender (2001) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1216 Alberni, so that building is 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.
1940

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

The book of the Seabergs

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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.