A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Cairds
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Caird at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Cairds lived
- 1
2403 Clark Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- A Caird, a sausage maker for G Jackson 1940
Next door in 1940: E E Readhead at 2409. The block, door by door
- 2
2540 Turner Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Alex B Caird, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: W M Allardyce at 2534 and J P McDonald at 2544. The block, door by door
- 3
2970 West 27th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- George B Caird, proprietor of Meadow Meat Market 1940
Next door in 1940: J W McGibbon at 2964 and D McDonald at 2974. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a proprietor and a sausage maker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 A Caird at 2403 Clark Drive; 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 Albert Caird there as the householder, a sausage maker for G Jackson. The 1940 name section lists Alex B Caird at 2540 Turner Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists George B Caird at 2970 West 27th Avenue, proprietor of Meadow Meat Market.
Today
2540 Turner and 2970 West 27th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2403 Clark Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Caird A2403 Clark Drive, p. 31
- Caird Albt sausage mkr G Jackson2403 Clark Drive, p. 86
- Caird Alex B retired2540 Turner, p. 86
- Caird Geo B prop Meadow Meat Mkt2970 West 27th, p. 86
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Cairds
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Caird 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.