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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Codds

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Codd at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Codds at 1266 West 10th in 1940.

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Where the Codds 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

    1931 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Codd (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Snider at 1925. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1266 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • S A Codd 1940
    • Elizabeth O Codd, a nurse for L H Gee 1940
    • Gwynedd E Codd, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Houghton at 1256 and J L Sutherland at 1274. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1353 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • June Codd 1940
    • Robb Codd, a deckhand at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L Taylor at 1343 and Mrs R Endicott at 1365. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a clerk, a deckhand and a nurse.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and West End. 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 Codd (no first name printed) at 1931 Nelson Street. S A Codd is listed at 1266 West 10th 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 Selby A Codd there as the householder, with Elizabeth O Codd, a nurse for L H Gee, and Gwynedd E Codd, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists June Codd at 1353 West 7th Avenue, with Robb Codd, a deckhand at the CNR.

Today

1931 Nelson (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1266 West 10th and 1353 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Codds

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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.