A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Cadmans
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Cadman at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Cadmans lived
- 1
- 2
309 East 24th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- G W Cadman, an engineer at Family Service Laundry 1940
Next door in 1940: J Scholes at 303 and D C Smith at 315. The block, door by door
- 3
1047 Melville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Albert E Cadman, a janitor at the Marine Building 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M C Doy at 1045 and Mrs K L Mulleny at 1057. The block, door by door
- 4
1242 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Roy Cadman 1940
Next door in 1940: R T Ross at 1236 and J J Peake at 1248. The block, door by door
- 5
1533 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- W H Cadman 1940
Next door in 1940: Holt's Dairy Lunch at 1523 and Sta D Postal at 1535. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an engineer, a janitor and a maid.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown, Fairview 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Elsie Cadman at 1059 Chilco Street, a maid for F M Kennedy. G W Cadman is listed at 309 East 24th Avenue 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 George W Cadman there as the householder, an engineer at Family Service Laundry. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Cadman at 1047 Melville Street, a janitor at the Marine Building.
The 1940 name section lists Roy Cadman at 1242 Nelson Street. W H Cadman is listed at 1533 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William H Cadman there as the householder.
Today
309 East 24th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1059 Chilco, 1047 Melville, 1242 Nelson and 1533 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Cadman Elsie maid F M Kennedy1059 Chilco, p. 85
- *Cadman G W309 East 24th, p. 238
- Cadman Geo W eng Family Serv Lndy309 East 24th, p. 85
- Cadman Albt E jntr Marine Bldg1047 Melville, p. 85
- Cadman Roy1242 Nelson, p. 85
- Cadman W H1533 West Broadway, p. 18
- Cadman Wm H1533 West Broadway, p. 85
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Cadmans
Every directory, as one book
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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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.