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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Heidmans

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Heidman 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.

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Where the Heidmans 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

    5675 Alma Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • S H Heidman, a clerk at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M J Gibson at 5625. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4326 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Thelma L Hedman, a maid for K J Burns 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E A McNeely at 4312 and G F Gyles at 4362. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1750 William Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mary A Heidman, widow of H W 1940
    • William E Heidman, an electrician 1940

    Next door in 1940: H F Horton at 1746 and Mrs F Hawkins at 1752. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, an electrician and a maid. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland and Shaughnessy. 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 S H Heidman at 5675 Alma Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Stewart H Heidman there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Telephone. The 1940 name section lists Thelma L Hedman at 4326 Angus Drive, a maid for K J Burns. The 1940 name section lists Mary A Heidman at 1750 William Street, widow of H W, with William E Heidman, an electrician.

Today

5675 Alma and 1750 William still have their buildings from before 1946; 4326 Angus Drive (2013) 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

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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.