A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Van Snellenbergs
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Van Snellenberg 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 Van Snellenbergs lived
- 1
357 East 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Joseph van Snellenberg, a shipper at Seafood Products 1940
Next door in 1940: W Ion at 351 and T Taylor at 387. The block, door by door
- 2
3440 West 23rd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A P Van Snellenberg 1940
Next door in 1940: H G Stovel at 3432 and E W Boxer at 3450. The block, door by door
- 3
3230 West King Edward Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- P Van Snellenberg Jr, a president at Cemco Electric Manufacturing 1940
Next door in 1940: R S Davidson at 3214 and Miss A Pope at 3238. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a president and a shipper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph van Snellenberg at 357 East 6th Avenue, a shipper at Seafood Products. A P Van Snellenberg is listed at 3440 West 23rd Avenue 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 Antoon P van Snellenberg there as the householder.
P Van Snellenberg Jr is listed at 3230 West King Edward Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Peter van Snellenberg there as the householder, a president at Cemco Electric Manufacturing.
Today
3230 West King Edward (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 357 East 6th and 3440 West 23rd, 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.
- van Snellenberg Jos shpr Seafood Products357 East 6th, p. 632
- *Van Snellenberg A P3440 West 23rd, p. 237
- van Snellenberg Antoon P3440 West 23rd, p. 632
- Van Snellenberg P Jr3230 West King Edward, p. 96
- van Snellenberg Peter pres Cemco Elec Mfg3230 West King Edward, p. 632
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Van Snellenbergs
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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.