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The Braidwoods

In the city directories 1940 · 15 people at twelve addresses

The directories print 15 people named Braidwood at twelve addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Broadwood. 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 Braidwoods 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

    1265 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Christine J Braidwood, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Smithson at 1263 and Mrs M Skinner at 1267. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2597 East Georgia Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Braidwood, a machinist 1940

    Next door in 1940: H D Sayers at 2591. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3682 Franklin Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J H Braidwood, a warehouseman at the Liquor Control Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: C N Overill at 3674. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    16 Kootenay Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • T Braidwood, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Bickerstaff at 14 and Mrs M Musgrave at 26. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2397 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T Braidwood, a vice-president and general manager at BC Drugs 1940
    • Darrell T B Braidwood, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Cranham at 2391. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3827 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W Braidwood, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: L D Stevens at 3837. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4393 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • T Braidwood, in fruit and produce 1940

    Next door in 1940: Barrel Biscuit at 4383 and C H Moodie at 4395. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3715 West 51st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • T Braidwood Jr, in fruit and produce 1940
    • Robert H Braidwood 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Hanley at 3737. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1795 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • S A Broadwood, retired 1940
    • Beatrice E Broadwood 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs D Ingram at 1787. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    1459 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Lorne Braidwood, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Bren at 1455 and Mrs M Fraser at 1461. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    716 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W Braidwood, a chiropractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Long Beach Log Co at 714 and Lower Mainland Dairy Prod Bd at 718. The block, door by door

  12. 12

    2481 William Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F Braidwood, a market manager at Superior Stores and a store manager at OK Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Matthews at 2465 and Mrs C M Dickson at 2495. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the 15: a cook, a fruit and produce, a machinist, a market manager, a stenographer and a vice-president and general manager, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (4), Downtown (2), West Point Grey (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Kitsilano and West End. 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 Christine J Braidwood at 1265 Barclay Street, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver. J Braidwood is listed at 2597 East Georgia 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 John Braidwood there as the householder, a machinist.

J H Braidwood is listed at 3682 Franklin Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James H Braidwood there as the householder, a warehouseman at the Liquor Control Board. T Braidwood is listed at 16 Kootenay Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Braidwood there as the householder, retired.

T Braidwood is listed at 2397 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Braidwood there as the householder, a vice-president and general manager at BC Drugs, with Thomas Braidwood, who worked for B C Drugs Ltd, and Darrell T B Braidwood, a student at UBC. W Braidwood is listed at 3827 West 10th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Braidwood there as the householder, a chiropractor, with William Braidwood Jr, a student.

T Braidwood, in fruit and produce, is listed at 4393 West 10th Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists T Braidwood Jr at 3715 West 51st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Braidwood Jr there as the householder, in fruit and produce, with Thomas Braidwood, retired, and Robert H Braidwood.

In 1940 the directory lists S A Broadwood at 1795 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Silas A Broadwood there as the householder, retired, with Beatrice E Broadwood. The 1940 name section lists Lorne Braidwood at 1459 West Georgia Street, a cook. W Braidwood, a chiropractor, is listed at 716 West Hastings Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists F Braidwood at 2481 William Street. The 1940 name section lists Frank Braidwood there as the householder, a market manager at Superior Stores and a store manager at OK Stores.

Today

2597 East Georgia, 3682 Franklin, 16 Kootenay, 3827 West 10th and 2481 William still have their buildings from before 1946; 1265 Barclay (1990) and 3715 West 51st (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2397 West 10th, 4393 West 10th, 1795 West 8th, 1459 West Georgia and 716 West Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 26 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.