A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Strugars
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Strugar at two addresses in 1940, all on East 19th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Strugars lived
- 1
2417 East 19th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- M Strugar, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: C Mavius at 2433. The block, door by door
- 2
2442 East 19th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- P Strugar, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: H Tataryn at 2424 and J G McEachran at 2456. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a laborer (2).
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2). 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 M Strugar at 2417 East 19th 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 Mike Strugar there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists P Strugar at 2442 East 19th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Peter Strugar there as the householder, a laborer.
Today
2442 East 19th (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2417 East 19th, so that building is 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.
- *Strugar M2417 East 19th, p. 228
- Strugar Mike lab2417 East 19th, p. 593
- *Strugar P2442 East 19th, p. 228
- Strugar Peter lab2442 East 19th, p. 593
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Strugars
Every directory, as one book
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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.