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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stranbergs

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Stranberg at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Stranbergs lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1783 East 37th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C H Stranberg, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Thomson at 1773 and W H R Mason at 1789. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1951 East 50th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Tore Stranberg, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H M Brown at 1927 and H Watts at 1975. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    531 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • R Sternberg 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Traff at 517 and Maxim Gorky Club at 533. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    722 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Nels Stranberg, a cut off man at Northwest Cedar Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss L McMurtrie at 720 and 4 listings at 726. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a cut off man, a laborer and a millworker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Strathcona and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 C H Stranberg at 1783 East 37th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Carl H Stranberg there as the householder, a millworker. The 1940 name section lists Tore Stranberg at 1951 East 50th Avenue, a laborer at Canadian White Pine. The 1940 name section lists R Sternberg at 531 East Georgia Street.

The 1940 name section lists Nels Stranberg at 722 Hamilton Street, a cut off man at Northwest Cedar Products.

Today

1783 East 37th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1951 East 50th (2004) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 531 East Georgia and 722 Hamilton, so those buildings are 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

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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.