A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Bouldings
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Boulding at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Bolding. 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 Bouldings lived
- 1
350 East 18th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- H Bolding, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Libby at 346 and R E Ryder at 356. The block, door by door
- 2
2456 Point Grey Road
Kitsilano, 1940
- C R Boulding, a salesman 1940
- Syd C R Boulding, a shopman at the Canadian (BC) Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M C Fullerton at 2446 and Mrs F Witts at 2464. The block, door by door
- 3
2871 West 3rd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- G E Boulding, an engineer at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: N E Hope at 2861 and J Stevenson at 2881. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an engineer, a salesman and a shopman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) 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 H Bolding at 350 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Henry Bolding there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists C R Boulding at 2456 Point Grey Road. The 1940 name section lists Charles R Boulding there as the householder, a salesman, with Syd C R Boulding, a shopman at the Canadian (BC) Telephone.
In 1940 the directory lists G E Boulding at 2871 West 3rd Avenue; 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 Guy E Boulding there as the householder, an engineer at the BC Electric Railway.
Today
2456 Point Grey Road and 2871 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946; 350 East 18th (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Bolding H350 East 18th, p. 226
- Bolding Henry retired350 East 18th, p. 54
- Boulding C R2456 Point Grey Road, p. 133
- Boulding Chas R slsmn2456 Point Grey Road, p. 57
- Boulding Syd C R shopmn Can (BC) Tel2456 Point Grey Road, p. 58
- *Boulding G E2871 West 3rd, p. 179
- Boulding Guy E eng BCER2871 West 3rd, p. 57
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Bouldings
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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.