A family name on Marguerite Street, Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy
The Boyds
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Boyd at two addresses in 1940, all on Marguerite Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 65 other streets too, all listed on the Boyd name's own page.
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Where the Boyds lived
- 1
4661 Marguerite Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- E McL Boyd, a vice-president at Northern Construction & J W Stewart Co 1940
- Dorothy M Boyd, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: I W Chess at 4687. The block, door by door
- 2
5787 Marguerite Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- J W Boyd, a president at J W Boyd Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: J Carmichael at 5761. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a president and a vice-president.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy. 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 E McL Boyd at 4661 Marguerite Street; 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 Edward McL Boyd there as the householder, a vice-president at Northern Construction & J W Stewart Co, with Dorothy M Boyd, a student. In 1940 the directory lists J W Boyd at 5787 Marguerite Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph W Boyd there as the householder, a president at J W Boyd Ltd.
Today
4661 Marguerite still has its building from before 1946, dated 1921 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5787 Marguerite, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Boyd E McL4661 Marguerite, p. 111
- Boyd Dorothy M studt4661 Marguerite, p. 60
- Boyd Edw McL v-pres Northern Constn & J W Stewart Co4661 Marguerite, p. 60
- *Boyd J W5787 Marguerite, p. 111
- Boyd Jos W pres J W Boyd Ltd5787 Marguerite, p. 60
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Boyds
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Boyd name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.