A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Voges
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Voge at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Vogee. 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 Voges lived
- 1
2874 West 31st Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- L Voge, a master mariner 1940
Next door in 1940: J Eckersley at 2866 and F H Hughes at 2880. The block, door by door
- 2
2914 West 3rd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- A Vogee, a painter 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H Mudge at 2910 and E I Barbor at 2922. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a master mariner and a painter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Kitsilano. 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 L Voge at 2874 West 31st 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 Lars Voge there as the householder, a master mariner. In 1940 the directory lists A Vogee at 2914 West 3rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Anton Vogee there as the householder, a painter.
Today
2874 West 31st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1936 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2914 West 3rd, 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.
- *Voge L2874 West 31st, p. 247
- Voge Lars mstr mrnr2874 West 31st, p. 634
- *Vogee A2914 West 3rd, p. 179
- Vogee Anton pntr2914 West 3rd, p. 634
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Voges
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Voge 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.