A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Eddies
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Eddie 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 Eddies lived
- 1
2339 Main Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- George Eddie, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: McCallum's Hdw Ltd at 2337 and Mt Pleasant Billiard Hall at 2341. The block, door by door
- 2
1765 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs E P Eddie, a stenographer for A T Chambers 1940
Next door in 1940: Two Boys Msngr Serv at 1735 and L J La Rocque at 1775. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a conductor and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Mount Pleasant. 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 George Eddie at 2339 Main Street, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. Mrs E P Eddie is listed at 1765 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs E Pearl Eddie there as the householder, a stenographer for A T Chambers.
Today
2339 Main still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1765 West Broadway, so that building is 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.
- Eddie Geo cond BCER2339 Main, p. 177
- Eddie Mrs E P1765 West Broadway, p. 18
- Eddie Mrs E Pearl sten A T Chambers1765 West Broadway, p. 177
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Eddies
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Eddie 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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.