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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sostads

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Sostad 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. The most under one roof: three Sostads at 2565 West 5th in 1940.

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Where the Sostads 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

    427 East 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs B Sostad 1940

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

  2. 2

    2565 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Sostad, in mining 1940
    • Gordon S Sostad, in mining 1940
    • Odin S Sostad, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B S Bamford at 2555 and H Hargreaves at 2575. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a mining (2) and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 Mrs B Sostad at 427 East 20th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Bertha Sostad there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists A Sostad at 2565 West 5th Avenue; 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 lists Andrew Sostad there as the householder, in mining, with Gordon S Sostad, in mining, and Odin S Sostad, a school teacher.

Today

2565 West 5th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 427 East 20th (1980) 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, street section

The book of the Sostads

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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.