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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Boddys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Boddy at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Body. 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 Boddys 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

    1708 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs A M Boddy, widow of W F 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Nakanishi at 1704 and J Peters at 1716. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1345 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Barbara Body 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Julien at 1337. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3345 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs M Body, widow of N W 1940
    • Mina M J Body, a stenographer at Imperial Tobacco 1940

    Next door in 1940: M W McLellan at 3335 and R Pritchard at 3355. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1089 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Hilda Boddy, a maid at the Georgia Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M G Hogg at 1083. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1644 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Charles A Boddy, a chief clerk at Canadian Industries Limited 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C W Rossiter-Raggett at 1642 and Miss K A Gibson at 1656. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a chief clerk, a maid and a stenographer. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Fairview, Grandview-Woodland and Riley Park. 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 Mrs A M Boddy at 1708 Charles Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alice M Boddy there as the householder, widow of W F. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Barbara Body at 1345 Comox Street.

Mrs M Body is listed at 3345 Quebec 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 lists Mrs Miriam Body there as the householder, widow of N W, with Mina M J Body, a stenographer at Imperial Tobacco. The 1940 name section lists Hilda Boddy at 1089 Thurlow Street, a maid at the Georgia Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Charles A Boddy at 1644 West 13th Avenue, a chief clerk at Canadian Industries Limited.

Today

1708 Charles and 3345 Quebec still have their buildings from before 1946; 1345 Comox (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1089 Thurlow and 1644 West 13th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th
1900 A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th. Not at the house at 3345 Quebec: no archive photo of the 3300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P273. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Boddys

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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.