A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Boyds
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Boyd at three addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
1004 West 11th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Gavin J Boyd, a painter 1940
Next door in 1940: W D Cartwright at 1014. The block, door by door
- 2
1589 West 11th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Jessie Boyd, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: D W Gruchy at 1585. The block, door by door
- 3
4218 West 11th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- C N Boyd 1940
Next door in 1940: J Balfour at 4214 and P Leth at 4224. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a painter and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2) 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gavin J Boyd at 1004 West 11th Avenue, a painter. The 1940 name section lists Jessie Boyd at 1589 West 11th Avenue, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1940 the directory lists C N Boyd at 4218 West 11th 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).
Today
1004 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 4218 West 11th (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1589 West 11th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Boyd Gavin J pntr1004 West 11th, p. 60
- Boyd Jessie slswm HBC1589 West 11th, p. 60
- *Boyd C N4218 West 11th, p. 205
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.