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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stirns

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Stirn 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 Stirns 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

    1052 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Jack Stirn, a physician instructor at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: T J Wellman at 1046 and L C Parkes at 1056. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1960 Larch Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • P Stirn, a service manager for S F Bowser 1940
  3. 3

    1537 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mary Stirn, a maker for C Korsch 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Robbins at 1529 and Mrs E Hamilton at 1543. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a maker, a physician instructor and a service manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Jack Stirn at 1052 Harwood Street, a physician instructor at the BC Government. P Stirn is listed at 1960 Larch Street in 1940; 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 Peter Stirn there as the householder, a service manager for S F Bowser. The 1940 name section lists Mary Stirn at 1537 Nelson Street, a maker for C Korsch.

Today

1960 Larch (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1052 Harwood and 1537 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Sunday school teachers with Rev. A.H. Sovereign on the steps of St. Mark's Church
1912 Sunday school teachers with Rev. A.H. Sovereign on the steps of St. Mark's Church. Not at the house at 1960 Larch: no archive photo of the 1900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Ch P122. Public domain.

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 Stirns

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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.