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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Duerdens

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Duerden 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.

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Where the Duerdens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    696 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Duerden, in dry goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Stewart at 676. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6343 Fraser Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Duerden, in dry goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: B & K Econ at 6325 and B J Devlin at 6345. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2980 West 19th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • G Duerden, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: R F Anderson at 2952 and C Whyte at 2984. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a dry goods and an orderly.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Arbutus Ridge. 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 J Duerden at 696 East 45th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Duerden there as the householder, in dry goods. In 1940 the directory lists J Duerden, in dry goods, at 6343 Fraser Street.

G Duerden is listed at 2980 West 19th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George Duerden there as the householder, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital.

Today

696 East 45th and 6343 Fraser still have their buildings from before 1946; 2980 West 19th (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Duerdens

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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.