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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Werners

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Werner 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 Werners 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

    1081 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Curt Werner, a janitor at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Lloyd at 1055. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2345 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • G Werner, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sun Tailors at 2343 and L N Gowdy at 2349. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    50 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Charles Werner, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hatchery Queen at 36 and C Carlson at 52. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a carpenter and a janitor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Fairview. 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 Curt Werner at 1081 Burrard Street, a janitor at the St Paul's Hospital. G Werner is listed at 2345 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Gus Werner there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Charles Werner at 50 West Cordova Street, retired.

Today

1081 Burrard and 50 West Cordova still have their buildings from before 1946, 1081 Burrard on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2345 Granville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 2345 Granville: no archive photo of the 2300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Werners

Every directory, as one book

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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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.