A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Van Skivers
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Van Skiver 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.
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Where the Van Skivers lived
- 1
543 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- W A Van Skiver 1940
Next door in 1940: boisdale court at 537 and L R Edge at 557. The block, door by door
- 2
2596 West 4th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Laura E Van Skiver, widow of A F 1940
Next door in 1940: S Pechet at 2590. The block, door by door
What they did
One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 W A Van Skiver at 543 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Laura E Van Skiver at 2596 West 4th Avenue, widow of A F.
Today
The City no longer lists 543 East 7th and 2596 West 4th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Van Skiver W A543 East 7th, p. 190
- Van Skiver Laura E wid A F2596 West 4th, p. 632
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Van Skivers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Van Skiver 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.
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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 V. Want a name removed? Tell us.