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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Baldersons

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Balderson at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Baldersons 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

    5841 Joyce Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • A Balderson, a mechanic at Underwood Elliott Fisher 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Dalziel at 5829 and J Gowans at 5853. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6607 Victoria Drive

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • J Balderson, proprietor of Balderson's Sawdust Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Keir at 6635. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: a mechanic and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Killarney and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 A Balderson at 5841 Joyce 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 Austin Balderson there as the householder, a mechanic at Underwood Elliott Fisher. In 1940 the directory lists J Balderson at 6607 Victoria Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Balderson there as the householder, proprietor of Balderson's Sawdust Supplies.

Today

5841 Joyce (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6607 Victoria Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Road work on Joyce Street, looking south-west toward Carleton School
The 1910s Road work on Joyce Street, looking south-west toward Carleton School. Not at the house at 5841 Joyce: no archive photo of the 5800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, A-16-85. 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, 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.