A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Duddys
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Duddy 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. The most under one roof: four Duddys at 5713 Joyce in 1940.
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Where the Duddys lived
- 1
1081 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- Henry Duddy, a laundryman at the St Pauls Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: A Lloyd at 1055. The block, door by door
- 2
5713 Joyce Street
Killarney, 1940
- Mrs B Duddy, widow of E 1940
- Daniel J Duddy, a laborer 1940
- Frank Duddy, a machinist operator for Sigurdson Millwork 1940
- Michael J Duddy, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: J I Cool at 5711 and W Wilson at 5715. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a driver, a laborer, a laundryman and a machinist operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown and Killarney. 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 Duddy at 1081 Burrard Street, a laundryman at the St Pauls Hospital. Mrs B Duddy is listed at 5713 Joyce Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Bridget Duddy there as the householder, widow of E, with Daniel J Duddy, a laborer, Frank Duddy, a machinist operator for Sigurdson Millwork, and Michael J Duddy, a driver.
Today
1081 Burrard still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 5713 Joyce, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Duddy Henry lndymn St Pauls Hosp1081 Burrard, p. 170
- Duddy Mrs B5713 Joyce, p. 92
- Duddy Bridget wid E5713 Joyce, p. 170
- Duddy Danl J lab5713 Joyce, p. 170
- Duddy Frank mach opr Sigurdson Millwork5713 Joyce, p. 170
- Duddy Michl J drvr5713 Joyce, p. 170
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Duddys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Duddy 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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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.