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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Carscaddens

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Carscadden at four 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 Carscaddens 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

    3124 East 21st Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • D C Carscadden, a stencil cutter for G H Hewitt 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Smith at 3126. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1038 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Laura Carscadden, a housekeeper at the Ivanhoe Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Main Sheet Metal Works at 1024. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1111 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs U A Carscadden, widow of G M 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch Alex at 1105 and Intl Harvester Co at 1135. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3368 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J H Carscadden, a jam manufacturer 1940
    • Melva Carscadden, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Draper at 3356 and J C Cooper at 3380. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a housekeeper, a jam manufacturer and a stencil cutter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Renfrew-Collingwood and Strathcona. 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 D C Carscadden at 3124 East 21st 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). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Don C Carscadden there as the householder, a stencil cutter for G H Hewitt. The 1940 name section lists Laura Carscadden at 1038 Main Street, a housekeeper at the Ivanhoe Hotel.

Mrs U A Carscadden is listed at 1111 Seymour Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Una A Carscadden there as the householder, widow of G M. J H Carscadden, in jam manufacturers, is listed at 3368 West 22nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John H Carscadden there as the householder, a jam manufacturer, with Melva Carscadden, a student.

Today

1038 Main and 3368 West 22nd still have their buildings from before 1946, 1038 Main on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3124 East 21st (1978) and 1111 Seymour (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.