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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Keddies

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Keddie 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. The most under one roof: three Keddies at 1829 Robson in 1940.

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Where the Keddies 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

    546 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G Keddie, a salesman at Twigg Island Dairy 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Trinder at 544 and T W Young at 552. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    295 East 2nd Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Henry Keddie 1940

    Next door in 1940: Van Casket Co at 291. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1935 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • C G Keddie, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: stanley park manor at 1915 and glenelg at 1945. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1829 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • D R Keddie, a golf course attendant at the Vancouver Parks Board 1940
    • Doris L Keddie, a saleswoman 1940
    • Hazel F Keddie, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Parker at 1825 and L J Brown at 1831. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a saleswoman (2), a golf course attendant and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Riley Park and Strathcona. 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 G Keddie at 546 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Keddie there as the householder, a salesman at Twigg Island Dairy. The 1940 name section lists Henry Keddie at 295 East 2nd Avenue.

C G Keddie is listed at 1935 Haro Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles G Keddie there as the householder, retired. D R Keddie is listed at 1829 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David R Keddie there as the householder, a golf course attendant at the Vancouver Parks Board, with Doris L Keddie, a saleswoman, and Hazel F Keddie, a saleswoman.

Today

546 East 18th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 295 East 2nd (1976) and 1935 Haro (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1829 Robson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Keddies

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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.