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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Loudens

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Louden 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: four Loudens at 395 East 33rd in 1940.

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Where the Loudens 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

    395 East 33rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J J Louden, a stenciller at Canadian White Pine 1940
    • Christina Louden 1940
    • John W Louden, a grader at R & H Sawmill 1940
    • Robert W Louden, a carrier driver at R & H Sawmill 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Rosenberg at 375. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5762 Highbury Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • T Louden, a sales manager at Hamilton Bridge 1940

    Next door in 1940: H G McGill at 5736 and T Leigh at 5788. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1839 Morton Avenue

    West End, 1940

    • L D Louden, a salesman at Clarkson's 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Atkins at 1837 and Mrs E Wolfe at 1841. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a carrier driver, a grader, a sales manager, a salesman and a stenciller. Two of them worked for R & H Sawmill.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park and West End. 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 J J Louden at 395 East 33rd 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 John J Louden there as the householder, a stenciller at Canadian White Pine, with Christina Louden, John W Louden, a grader at R & H Sawmill, and Robert W Louden, a carrier driver at R & H Sawmill. In 1940 the directory lists T Louden at 5762 Highbury Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Louden there as the householder, retired, with Thomas N Louden, a sales manager at Hamilton Bridge.

In 1940 the directory lists L D Louden at 1839 Morton Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Louis D Louden there as the householder, a salesman at Clarkson's.

Today

5762 Highbury still has its building from before 1946, dated 1936 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 395 East 33rd and 1839 Morton, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Loudens

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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.