A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Crysdales
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Crysdale at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Crysdales lived
- 1
1237 Cardero Street
West End, 1940
- Alice J Crysdale, widow of B F 1940
- Cecil R Crysdale, proprietor of the Shannon Apartments 1940
Next door in 1940: A Martin at 1221 and Mrs H G MacGill at 1251. The block, door by door
- 2
1998 Cedar Crescent
Shaughnessy, 1940
- C A Crysdale 1940
Next door in 1940: G S Harrison at 1974. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Shaughnessy 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 Alice J Crysdale at 1237 Cardero Street, widow of B F, with Cecil R Crysdale, proprietor of the Shannon Apartments. C A Crysdale is listed at 1998 Cedar Crescent 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).
Today
The City no longer lists 1237 Cardero and 1998 Cedar Crescent, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Crysdale Alice J wid B F1237 Cardero, p. 142
- Crysdale Cecil R prop Shannon Apts1237 Cardero, p. 142
- *Crysdale C A1998 Cedar Crescent, p. 28
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Crysdales
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Crysdale 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.