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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Boardmans

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Boardman at five addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Bordman. 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 Boardmans 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

    2757 Cambridge Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H Bordman, a machinist 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Pierce at 2739 and A Mussick at 2763. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5773 Chester Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • Joseph Bordman, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Whent at 5761 and J Guy at 5795. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1718 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs M J Boardman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Manitoba Hdw at 1714 and Grandview Thea at 1730. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    156 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Charles B Boardman, a vice-president at Capitol Printers 1940
    • H Boardman, a piler at R & H Sawmill 1940

    Next door in 1940: C F Johnston at 150 and Rev A W Ward at 166. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4480 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Harold Boardman, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev J Stobie at 4474 and G C Hamilton at 4484. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a machinist, a piler and a vice-president.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Mount Pleasant, Sunset 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 H Bordman at 2757 Cambridge Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harry Bordman there as the householder, a machinist. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Bordman at 5773 Chester Street, retired. Mrs M J Boardman is listed at 1718 Commercial Drive in 1940.

The 1940 name section lists Charles B Boardman at 156 West 10th Avenue, a vice-president at Capitol Printers, with H Boardman, a piler at R & H Sawmill. The 1940 name section lists Harold Boardman at 4480 West 12th Avenue as the householder, a student at UBC.

Today

2757 Cambridge and 156 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946, 156 West 10th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 5773 Chester (2018) and 4480 West 12th (2000) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1718 Commercial Drive, so that building is 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.