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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kadeys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Kadey at four 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 Kadeys 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

    555 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • J W Kadey, a machinist at Canadian Canners 1940

    Next door in 1940: G S Podger at 559. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3485 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • V N Kadey, a factory worker at Canadian Canners 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Rothwell at 3475 and D H Morrison at 3495. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1650 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R W Kadey, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Yabuno at 1644 and W J Stevens at 1654. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1666 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W Kadey, a driver at Richmond Transfer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Stevens at 1654. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a driver, a factory worker and a machinist. Two of them worked for Canadian Canners.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Dunbar-Southlands and South Cambie. 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 W Kadey at 555 West 18th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John W Kadey there as the householder, a machinist at Canadian Canners. In 1940 the directory lists V N Kadey at 3485 West 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Vernon N Kadey there as the householder, a factory worker at Canadian Canners.

In 1940 the directory lists R W Kadey at 1650 West 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Reuben W Kadey there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists W Kadey at 1666 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William Kadey there as the householder, a driver at Richmond Transfer.

Today

3485 West 18th and 1666 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 555 West 18th and 1650 West 6th, 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

The book of the Kadeys

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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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.