A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Breedens
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Breeden at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Breedens lived
- 1
8709 Laurel Street
Marpole, 1940
- E J F Breeden, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: C W Crabb at 8789. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
834 West 69th Avenue
Marpole, 1940
- W H Breeden, a moulder 1940
Next door in 1940: H Griffin at 814. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a maid and a moulder.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Marpole (2) 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 J F Breeden at 8709 Laurel 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 Edwin J F Breeden there as the householder, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists Barbara Breden at 1950 Nanton Avenue, a maid for W Irwin.
W H Breeden is listed at 834 West 69th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William H Breeden there as the householder, a moulder.
Today
1950 Nanton still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; 834 West 69th (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8709 Laurel, 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.
- *Breeden E J F8709 Laurel, p. 102
- Breeden Edwin J F clk8709 Laurel, p. 64
- Breden Barbara maid W Irwin1950 Nanton, p. 64
- Breeden W H834 West 69th, p. 272
- Breeden Wm H mldr834 West 69th, p. 64
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Breedens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Breeden 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.