A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Kedanses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Kedans at one address, 265 East 6th Avenue in Mount Pleasant, in 1940.
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The Kedanses at home
Pleasant
- 1
265 East 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A Kedans, a laborer 1940
- William Kedans, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: Sing Kee Lndy at 263 and D Mottishaw at 269. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a laborer (2).
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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
In 1940 the directory lists A Kedans at 265 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alex Kedans there as the householder, a laborer, with William Kedans, a laborer.
Today
The City no longer lists 265 East 6th, 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.
- Kedans A265 East 6th, p. 186
- Kedans Alex lab265 East 6th, p. 315
- Kedans Wm lab265 East 6th, p. 316
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Kedanses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Kedans 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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.