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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Madams

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Madam at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Madame. 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 Madams 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

    645 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Louise Madam, a millinery 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Gillard at 643 and C L Slade at 649. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4409 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Hillary Madame, a ladies wear 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Salon Shamrock at 4403 and A H Woolner at 4415. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3527 West 16th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mathilde Madam, who ran a beauty shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Ferguson at 3515 and W H George at 3535. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a beauty shop and a millinery.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands 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

In 1940 the directory lists Louise Madam, a millinery, at 645 Howe Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Louise Madam there, a millinery. In 1940 the directory lists Hillary Madame, a ladies wear, at 4409 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Hillary Madame there.

In 1940 the directory lists Mathilde Madam, a beauty shop, at 3527 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mathilde Madam there, who ran a beauty shop.

Today

3527 West 16th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 645 Howe (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4409 West 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Madams

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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.