Vancouver / Names / S / Skog

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Skogs

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Skog at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Skogg. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Skogs 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

    1730 East 5th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • O Skogg, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A T Abercrombie at 1726 and C Maher at 1736. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    828 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • E Skog 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Miller at 826. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1106 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • W Skog 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Yates at 1110. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a longshoreman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 O Skogg at 1730 East 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Oscar Skogg there as the householder, a longshoreman. In 1940 the directory lists E Skog at 828 East Pender Street. W Skog is listed at 1106 East Pender Street in 1940.

Today

1730 East 5th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 828 East Pender and 1106 East Pender, 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.

The book of the Skogs

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Skog 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.