A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Kydds
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Kydd at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Kydds lived
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- 2
8633 Shaughnessy Street
Marpole, 1940
- A E Kydd, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: R H Allen at 8647. The block, door by door
- 3
3056 West 11th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- C F Kydd, a buyer at Kydd Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: A Wasel at 3046 and W Symons at 3066. The block, door by door
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What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a buyer, a manager, a physician and a president.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano, Marpole and Shaughnessy. 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 M S Kydd at 5807 Olympic Street; 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 Malcolm S Kydd there as the householder, a manager at Credit Liquidators. In 1940 the directory lists A E Kydd at 8633 Shaughnessy Street. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Kydd there as the householder, a physician.
In 1940 the directory lists C F Kydd at 3056 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Charles F Kydd there as the householder, a buyer at Kydd Bros. In 1940 the directory lists H F Kydd at 1599 West King Edward Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry F Kydd there as the householder, a president at Kydd Bros Ltd.
Today
5807 Olympic and 1599 West King Edward still have their buildings from before 1946; 3056 West 11th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8633 Shaughnessy, so that building is 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.
- *Kydd M S5807 Olympic, p. 122
- Kydd Malc S mgr Cr Liquidators5807 Olympic, p. 332
- Kydd A E8633 Shaughnessy, p. 151
- Kydd Albt E phys8633 Shaughnessy, p. 332
- Kydd C F3056 West 11th, p. 204
- Kydd Chas F buyer Kydd Bros3056 West 11th, p. 332
- *Kydd H F1599 West King Edward, p. 96
- Kydd Harry F pres Kydd Bros Ltd1599 West King Edward, p. 332
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Kydds
Every directory, as one book
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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.