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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bidins

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Bidin at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Bidins 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

    2209 East Broadway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • P P Bidin, a shearman at Dominion Bridge 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Pritchard at 2215. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2318 Garden Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A Bidin 1940
    • Toni Bidin 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Nellist at 2316 and C Emanuele at 2378. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2424 Garden Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • E Bidin, a lineman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lamont (no first name printed) at 2472. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a lineman and a shearman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 P P Bidin at 2209 East Broadway; 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 Peter P Bidin there as the householder, a shearman at Dominion Bridge. In 1940 the directory lists A Bidin at 2318 Garden Drive. The 1940 name section lists Angelo Bidin there as the householder, with Toni Bidin.

In 1940 the directory lists E Bidin at 2424 Garden Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Emile Bidin there as the householder, a lineman at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

The City no longer lists 2209 East Broadway, 2318 Garden Drive and 2424 Garden Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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.