A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Kidds
In the city directories 1940 · 37 addresses on 35 streets
The directories print the Kidd name at 37 addresses on 35 streets in 1940, in 19 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Kidds lived
- Kitsilano5 addresses
- Marpole4 addresses
- Downtown3 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
- Riley Park3 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage2 addresses
- Mount Pleasant2 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
- Strathcona2 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands1 address
- Fairview1 address
- Hastings-Sunrise1 address
- Kerrisdale1 address
- Killarney1 address
- Shaughnessy1 address
- Sunset1 address
- West End1 address
- West Point Grey1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1East 2nd AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: A J Kidd and S R Kidd1940
- 2Hudson StreetTwo addresses in Marpole; three people: M Kidd, Mrs L Kidd and Ruby W Kidd1940
- 3Alexandra StreetOne address in Shaughnessy; one person: Mrs A H Kidd1940
- 4Alma StreetOne address in West Point Grey; one person: L G Kidd1940
- 5Argyle StreetOne address in Victoria-Fraserview; one person: G A Kidd1940
- 6Beatty StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: G Kidd1940
- 7Campbell AvenueOne address in Strathcona; two people: O C Kidd and Phyllis B Kidd1940
- 8Chester StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: C W Kidd1940
- 9Commercial StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: R H Kidd1940
- 10East 12th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; two people: G T Kidd and S Evelyn Kidd1940
- 11East 15th AvenueOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; one person: W C Kidd1940
- 12East 20th AvenueOne address in Riley Park; one person: P F Kidd1940
23 more streets, by name: East 43rd Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 58th Avenue (1), Granville Street (1), Haro Street (1), Kingsway (1), Mackenzie Street (1), Main Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), McSpadden Avenue (1), Park Drive (1), Prior Street (1), Salsbury Drive (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 37 addresses, 15 still have their buildings from before 1946, 13 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists nine; each street's page names them.
The book of the Kidds
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Kidd 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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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under K. Want a name removed? Tell us.