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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Eddys

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at eight addresses

The directories print twelve people named Eddy at eight addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Edy. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Eddys at 809 Drake in 1940.

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Where the Eddys 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

    1274 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Walter E Eddy 1940

    Next door in 1940: moxam (the) at 1260. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2496 Brock Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • D Eddy, a helper at Modern Auto Wreckers 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Bufton at 2486. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1144 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Kath Edy, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Telford at 1134 and R E Withers at 1148. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    809 Drake Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J C Eddy, retired 1940
    • Bernice D Eddy, a waitress 1940
    • Elva Eddy, a waitress 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L White at 803 and V Bono at 815. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    823 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R R Edy, who worked for Western Crown Manufacturing 1940
    • Doris L Edy, a bacon wrapper at British Meat Packers 1940
    • Ross L Edy, a warehouseman 1940

    Next door in 1940: C F H Adams at 817 and J W Sayer at 835. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2461 East 2nd Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Alexis Eddy, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Baker at 2445. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    631 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Joseph W Eddy, an engineer at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Brooks-Corning Co at 619 and Imperial Varnish & Color at 633. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3556 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • George Eddy, a salesman at Rae-Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Blackwell at 3548 and W J T Mackay at 3562. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the twelve: a waitress (2), a bacon wrapper, an engineer, a helper, a salesman and a warehouseman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood 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 Walter E Eddy at 1274 Barclay Street. D Eddy is listed at 2496 Brock Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David Eddy there as the householder, a helper at Modern Auto Wreckers. The 1940 name section lists Kath Edy at 1144 Burrard Street, a widow.

In 1940 the directory lists J C Eddy at 809 Drake Street. The 1940 name section lists Judson C Eddy there as the householder, retired, with Bernice D Eddy, a waitress, and Elva Eddy, a waitress. In 1940 the directory lists R R Edy at 823 East 15th Avenue; 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 Robert R Edy there as the householder, who worked for Western Crown Manufacturing, with Doris L Edy, a bacon wrapper at British Meat Packers, and Ross L Edy, a warehouseman.

The 1940 name section lists Alexis Eddy at 2461 East 2nd Avenue, widow of J. The 1940 name section lists Joseph W Eddy at 631 Seymour Street, an engineer at the Vancouver Hotel. The 1940 name section lists George Eddy at 3556 West 12th Avenue, a salesman at Rae-Son.

Today

2496 Brock and 3556 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1274 Barclay (1979) and 823 East 15th (2019) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 809 Drake, 2461 East 2nd and 631 Seymour, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 1144 Burrard, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 15 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.