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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ludlows

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at six addresses

The directories print eleven people named Ludlow at six addresses in 1940 in five 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 Ludlows at 870 East 8th in 1940.

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Where the Ludlows 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

    2444 East 21st Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • R A Ludlow 1940
    • Dorothy E Ludlow 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Rossi at 2438 and M Tymo at 2450. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1228 East 22nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F A Ludlow, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Frederick W Ludlow, a branch manager at United Cigar Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: S MacLean at 1222 and J H Kershaw at 1234. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    870 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss L Ludlow 1940
    • Letitia Ludlow 1940
    • John A Ludlow, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: S B Hansen at 868 and V A Daugherty at 876. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1004 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G L Ludlow, a branch manager at Buckerfield's 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Gordon at 1008. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2786 Eton Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Arthur Ludlow, a buyer at Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Erickson at 2782 and E B de la Giroday Jr at 2792. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1745 Graveley Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W Ludlow, a buyer at Burns & Co 1940
    • Margaret J Ludlow, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: R McKibben at 1735 and D Sanderson at 1761. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eleven: a branch manager (2), a buyer (2), a decorator and a motorman. Two of them worked for Burns & Co.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 R A Ludlow at 2444 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Roy A Ludlow there as the householder, with Dorothy E Ludlow. In 1940 the directory lists F A Ludlow at 1228 East 22nd 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 lists Frederick A Ludlow there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway, with Frederick W Ludlow, a branch manager at United Cigar Stores.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss L Ludlow at 870 East 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Letitia Ludlow there as the householder, with John A Ludlow, a decorator. In 1940 the directory lists G L Ludlow at 1004 East 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George L Ludlow there as the householder, a branch manager at Buckerfield's.

The 1940 name section lists Arthur Ludlow at 2786 Eton Street, a buyer at Burns & Co. W Ludlow is listed at 1745 Graveley Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Ludlow there as the householder, a buyer at Burns & Co, with Margaret J Ludlow, a student.

Today

2444 East 21st, 1228 East 22nd, 2786 Eton and 1745 Graveley still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 870 East 8th and 1004 East 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.