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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Haddows

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Haddow at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Haddows at 1879 West 12th in 1940.

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Where the Haddows 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

    1627 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • H G Haddow, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: G F Cunliffe at 1619 and Mrs M S Burton at 1635. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2018 East 49th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • G Haddow, a salesman 1940
    • William S Haddow, an inspector at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Bidochka at 2042. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1879 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs J A Haddow 1940
    • Jane H Haddow, widow of R 1940
    • James C Haddow, a salesman at Fleck Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Dick at 1875 and W A G McHardy at 1885. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a salesman (2), an accountant and an inspector. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Victoria-Fraserview 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

In 1940 the directory lists H G Haddow at 1627 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Howard G Haddow there as the householder, an accountant. In 1940 the directory lists G Haddow at 2018 East 49th 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 George Haddow there as the householder, a salesman, with William S Haddow, an inspector at the BC Government.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J A Haddow at 1879 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Jane H Haddow there as the householder, widow of R, with James C Haddow, a salesman at Fleck Bros.

Today

The City no longer lists 1627 Barclay, 2018 East 49th and 1879 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.