A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Ladds
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Ladd at three 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 Ladds at 4630 West 6th in 1940.
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Where the Ladds lived
- 1
520 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- Bernard Ladd, a chauffeur at Blue Cabs 1940
Next door in 1940: Burrard Cleaners at 500 and Mrs L Ritchie at 530. The block, door by door
- 2
3196 East 8th Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- C Ladd, a millworker 1940
Next door in 1940: E Williams at 3174. The block, door by door
- 3
4630 West 6th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- C M Ladd 1940
- Phillip R Ladd, a student 1940
- Wendell Ladd, a warehouseman at the Canadian General Electric 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E E Taylor at 4618 and J J McNaughton at 4640. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a chauffeur, a millworker and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise and West Point Grey. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Bernard Ladd at 520 Burrard Street, a chauffeur at Blue Cabs. C Ladd is listed at 3196 East 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Clif Ladd there as the householder, a millworker.
C M Ladd is listed at 4630 West 6th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Cecil M Ladd there as the householder, with Phillip R Ladd, a student, and Wendell Ladd, a warehouseman at the Canadian General Electric.
Today
3196 East 8th (1997) and 4630 West 6th (1977) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 520 Burrard, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ladd Bernard chauf Blue Cabs520 Burrard, p. 333
- Ladd C3196 East 8th, p. 194
- Ladd Clif mlwkr3196 East 8th, p. 333
- *Ladd C M4630 West 6th, p. 189
- Ladd Cecil M4630 West 6th, p. 333
- Ladd Phillip R studt4630 West 6th, p. 333
- Ladd Wendell whsmn CGE4630 West 6th, p. 333
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Ladds
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ladd 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: 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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.