Vancouver / Names / S / Straub

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Straubs

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Straub at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Straube. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Straubs at 3431 West 2nd in 1940.

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 Straubs 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

    2841 Dundas Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C L Straube, who ran a restaurant and shooting gallery 1940

    Next door in 1940: W N Wallace at 2857. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    850 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • O E Straub, a painter for A G Pickett 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Mitchell at 842 and T A Jenner at 856. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    444 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Straub, a laborer at Capilano Breweries 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W McBride at 452. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4867 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Julia Straube, widow of V J 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Vannier at 4833 and Gawne (no first name printed) at 4897. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3431 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • V A Straube, a salesman at BC Printers Supplies 1940
    • Gordon R Straube, a compositor for A H Timms 1940
    • Jack V Straube, a clerk at Cave & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Morton at 3425 and H L C Gregg at 3437. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a clerk, a compositor, a laborer, a painter, a restaurant and shooting gallery and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Hastings-Sunrise, 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 C L Straube at 2841 Dundas 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 Charles L Straube there as the householder, who ran a restaurant and shooting gallery. In 1940 the directory lists O E Straub at 850 East 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Otto E Straub there as the householder, a painter for A G Pickett.

In 1940 the directory lists J Straub at 444 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Joseph A Straub there as the householder, a laborer at Capilano Breweries. The 1940 name section lists Julia Straube at 4867 Main Street, widow of V J.

V A Straube is listed at 3431 West 2nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Valentine A Straube there as the householder, a salesman at BC Printers Supplies, with Gordon R Straube, a compositor for A H Timms, and Jack V Straube, a clerk at Cave & Co.

Today

3431 West 2nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2841 Dundas, 850 East 10th, 444 East Broadway and 4867 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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 Straubs

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Straub 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.