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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Baldreys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Baldrey at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Baldry. 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 Baldreys 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

    439 Aubrey Place

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C A Baldry 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G Mitchell at 433 and Mrs I MacKaye at 447. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2409 Dunbar Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F J Baldrey, a maintenanceman at Woodward's 1940
    • Morris H L Baldrey 1940

    Next door in 1940: W D Layton at 2403 and E F Pinchin at 2415. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4408 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R F C Baldrey, an engineer 1940
    • Mrs Winnifred K Baldrey, proprietor of Elite Dry Goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pt Grey Pharmacy at 4406 and Jay Library Blue at 4410. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3621 West 31st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • D R Baldry, a department manager at Dun & Bradstreet 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Mitchell at 3635. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a department manager, an engineer, a maintenanceman and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano, Riley Park 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 C A Baldry at 439 Aubrey Place. F J Baldrey is listed at 2409 Dunbar Street in 1940; 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 Frederick J Baldrey there as the householder, a maintenanceman at Woodward's, with Morris H L Baldrey.

R F C Baldrey is listed at 4408 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert F C Baldrey there as the householder, an engineer, with Mrs Winnifred K Baldrey, proprietor of Elite Dry Goods. D R Baldry is listed at 3621 West 31st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Doug R Baldry there as the householder, a department manager at Dun & Bradstreet.

Today

439 Aubrey Place, 2409 Dunbar and 3621 West 31st still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 4408 West 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

A No. 14 Dunbar streetcar on Dunbar Street, past bungalows
1940 A No. 14 Dunbar streetcar on Dunbar Street, past bungalows. Not at the house at 2409 Dunbar: no archive photo of the 2400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, 2009-005.530. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Baldreys

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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.