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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Serkas

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Serka at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Serkas 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

    2584 Adanac Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A Serka, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Lund at 2578. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3116 East Georgia Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • M Serka, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: S J Maxwell at 3108 and J W Roberts at 3122. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    790 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Edith Serkau, a nurse at Kudo & Kudo 1940

    Next door in 1940: Brand J & Co at 782. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a fisherman, a laborer and a nurse.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Downtown. 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 A Serka at 2584 Adanac Street; 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 Antony Serka there as the householder, a fisherman. In 1940 the directory lists M Serka at 3116 East Georgia Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Matt Serka there as the householder, a laborer.

The 1940 name section lists Edith Serkau at 790 Howe Street, a nurse at Kudo & Kudo.

Today

2584 Adanac and 3116 East Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 790 Howe, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Serkas

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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.