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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Badmans

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Badman at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Badmans lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    6601 Argyle Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • E Badman, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Badman at 6613. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6613 Argyle Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Mrs L Badman, widow of A 1940
    • W George E Badman, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Badman at 6601. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1052 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs A Badman 1940

    Next door in 1940: T J Wellman at 1046 and L C Parkes at 1056. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4746 West 4th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Annie M Badman, a maid for W R Lett 1940

    Next door in 1940: K G Tatlow at 4736 and W Martin at 4756. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a carpenter, a maid and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Victoria-Fraserview (2), West End and West Point Grey. 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 E Badman at 6601 Argyle Street; 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 Ernest Badman there as the householder, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L Badman at 6613 Argyle Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Lizzie Badman there as the householder, widow of A, with W George E Badman, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Badman at 1052 Harwood Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Anna Badman there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Annie M Badman at 4746 West 4th Avenue, a maid for W R Lett.

Today

6601 Argyle (2015) and 6613 Argyle (1979) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1052 Harwood and 4746 West 4th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Badmans

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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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.