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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Baldocks

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Baldock at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Baldocks at 5365 Bruce in 1940.

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Where the Baldocks lived

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

    6664 Balsam Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • E C Baldock, a social worker 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Williamson at 6650 and F O Cates at 6666. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5365 Bruce Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Baldock, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Elizabeth Baldock, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Olive M Baldock, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Susan Baldock, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: S S Forster at 5357. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3814 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Harriett L Baldock, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Smith at 3808 and Mrs R C Cummins at 3824. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2153 West 46th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • R J Baldock, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H McEwen at 2143 and W L Farr at 2161. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1563 West 59th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • W H Baldock, an accountant at Norwich Agencies 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A A Hoffmeister at 1555 and J S Fullerton at 1575. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: an operator (2), an accountant, a motorman and a social worker. Two of them worked for BC Telephone. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Marpole. 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 C Baldock at 6664 Balsam Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edgar C Baldock there as the householder, a social worker. In 1940 the directory lists W Baldock at 5365 Bruce 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 lists William Baldock there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway, with Elizabeth Baldock, an operator at the BC Telephone, Olive M Baldock, an operator at the BC Telephone, and Susan Baldock, widow of J.

The 1940 name section lists Harriett L Baldock at 3814 West 22nd Avenue, widow of W. R J Baldock is listed at 2153 West 46th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert J Baldock there as the householder, retired.

W H Baldock is listed at 1563 West 59th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter H Baldock there as the householder, an accountant at Norwich Agencies.

Today

6664 Balsam, 3814 West 22nd and 2153 West 46th still have their buildings from before 1946; 5365 Bruce (2007) and 1563 West 59th (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 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.