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The Claydons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Claydon at four 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 Claydons 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

    2265 Cambridge Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A J Claydon, a cook 1940
    • Jean M Claydon, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: E G Sealey at 2255 and C P Botham at 2279. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2995 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R P Claydon, a clerk at McGregor Creery & Farmer 1940

    Next door in 1940: S G M Brown at 2985 and A Davidson at 2997. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3861 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • F E Claydon, a cashier at Great West Life 1940
    • George W Claydon, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: L W Jackson at 3853 and F J Tuohey at 3869. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2877 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F G Claydon, an engineer at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: D G A Waddell at 2861 and W S Mahon at 2887. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a cashier, a clerk, a cook and an engineer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Grandview-Woodland and West Point Grey. 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 J Claydon at 2265 Cambridge Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alfred J Claydon there as the householder, a cook, with Jean M Claydon, a student. In 1940 the directory lists R P Claydon at 2995 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ray P Claydon there as the householder, a clerk at McGregor Creery & Farmer.

In 1940 the directory lists F E Claydon at 3861 West 12th 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 lists Frank E Claydon there as the householder, a cashier at Great West Life, with George W Claydon, a student at UBC. In 1940 the directory lists F G Claydon at 2877 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick G Claydon there as the householder, an engineer at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government.

Today

2995 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 3861 West 12th (2018) and 2877 West 15th (2015) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2265 Cambridge, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.