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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Chards

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Chard 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 Chards 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

    1156 East 21st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Clarke Charde, a salesman at Stonehouse Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Haskell at 1144. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3311 East 45th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • H Chard, a carpenter 1940
    • Alfred W Chard, a music teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Aitken at 3301 and F R Northard at 3333. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3972 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mary Chard, a maid for J C McKay 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H C Phillips at 3960 and W E Gale at 3982. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a carpenter, a maid, a music teacher and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Killarney. 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 Clarke Charde at 1156 East 21st Avenue, a salesman at Stonehouse Motors. H Chard is listed at 3311 East 45th 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 Harry Chard there as the householder, a carpenter, with Alfred W Chard, a music teacher. The 1940 name section lists Mary Chard at 3972 West 35th Avenue, a maid for J C McKay.

Today

1156 East 21st and 3972 West 35th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3311 East 45th (2000) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 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

The book of the Chards

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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.