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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Bairds

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Baird at three addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Bairds at 4660 West 11th in 1940. The directories print the name on 46 other streets too, all listed on the Baird name's own page.

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Where the Bairds 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

    1785 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J W Baird, a clerk at the Royal Bank 1940

    Next door in 1940: S W Burridge at 1775 and Mrs I M Thompson at 1787. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3833 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A S Baird, a department manager at Canadian Fairbanks-Morse 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Munro at 3827 and R McDougall at 3837. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4660 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • G R Baird, a bookkeeper at McLachlan Ltd 1940
    • Dorwin R Baird, an announcer at the CJOR 1940
    • F Jean Baird, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: V Huckell at 4650 and Mrs A M Dixon at 4670. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an announcer, a bookkeeper, a clerk and a department manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (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

In 1940 the directory lists J W Baird at 1785 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John W Baird there as the householder, a clerk at the Royal Bank. In 1940 the directory lists A S Baird at 3833 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur S Baird there as the householder, a department manager at Canadian Fairbanks-Morse.

In 1940 the directory lists G R Baird at 4660 West 11th 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 lists G Russell Baird there as the householder, a bookkeeper at McLachlan Ltd, with Dorwin R Baird, an announcer at the CJOR, and F Jean Baird, a student.

Today

3833 West 11th and 4660 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1785 West 11th, so that building is 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

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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.