A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Chodats
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Chodat at two addresses in 1940 in Dunbar-Southlands. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Chodats lived
- 1
4808 Blenheim Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Henry H Chodat, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Duncan at 4832. The block, door by door
- 2
3240 West 37th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs V Chodat, widow of H 1940
- Isabelle R Chodat, a nurse at Metro Health Vancouver City 1940
Next door in 1940: A E House at 3224 and F W Parkin at 3250. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a nurse and a police officer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2). 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 Henry H Chodat at 4808 Blenheim Street, a police officer at the City of Vancouver. Mrs V Chodat is listed at 3240 West 37th 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 Victorine Chodat there as the householder, widow of H, with Isabelle R Chodat, a nurse at Metro Health Vancouver City.
Today
3240 West 37th (1974) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4808 Blenheim, 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.
- Chodat Henry H police Van City4808 Blenheim, p. 109
- *Chodat Mrs V3240 West 37th, p. 254
- Chodat Isabelle R nurse Metro Health Van City3240 West 37th, p. 109
- Chodat Victorine wid H3240 West 37th, p. 109
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Chodats
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Chodat 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.