A family name on East 2nd Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Kidds
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Kidd at two addresses in 1940, all on East 2nd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 34 other streets too, all listed on the Kidd name's own page.
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Where the Kidds lived
- 1
2273 East 2nd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- S R Kidd, a machinist at American Can 1940
Next door in 1940: D R B Grant at 2265 and J Peebls at 2281. The block, door by door
- 2
2962 East 2nd Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A J Kidd, who worked for Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: E D Shaw at 2960 and W Netherton at 2964. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a machinist.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 R Kidd at 2273 East 2nd 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 Syd R Kidd there as the householder, a machinist at American Can. In 1940 the directory lists A J Kidd at 2962 East 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Allan J Kidd there as the householder, who worked for Woodward's.
Today
2273 East 2nd and 2962 East 2nd still have their buildings from before 1946, 2962 East 2nd on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Kidd S R2273 East 2nd, p. 175
- Kidd Syd R mach Am Can2273 East 2nd, p. 322
- Kidd A J2962 East 2nd, p. 175
- Kidd Allan J W S A C dir Woodwards2962 East 2nd, p. 322
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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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.