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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Deardens

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Dearden at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Deardens 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

    2320 Carolina Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C E Dearden, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McHaffie at 2330. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    336 East 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Thomas Dearden, a laborer at Pacific Coast Pipe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J MacDonald at 330 and E Griffiths at 342. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    717 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Dearden, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Anderson at 719. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2133 Mannering Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Dearden 1940

    Next door in 1940: O T Ward at 2125 and W L Stewart at 2169. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a laborer and a miner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Riley Park. 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 C E Dearden at 2320 Carolina Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles E Dearden there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Dearden at 336 East 23rd Avenue, a laborer at Pacific Coast Pipe.

J Dearden is listed at 717 Hamilton Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Dearden there as the householder, a miner. W Dearden is listed at 2133 Mannering 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 William Dearden there as the householder.

Today

2133 Mannering (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2320 Carolina, 336 East 23rd and 717 Hamilton, 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, 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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.