A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Maders
In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses
The directories print six people named Mader at five 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 Maders lived
- 1
222 Carrall Street
Downtown, 1940
- Jack Mader 1940
Next door in 1940: Govt Liquor Store at 216 and Lunch Wonder at 224. The block, door by door
- 2
3306 East 27th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- L H Mader, a driver 1940
- Ruth D Mader, a stenographer at Beatty Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: H F Blake at 3312. The block, door by door
- 3
- 4
4565 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- E G Mader, a chief clerk at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: J G Nowlan at 4555 and P C Clarke at 4573. The block, door by door
- 5
4754 West 2nd Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Rebecca Mader, widow of J L 1940
Next door in 1940: D C Ritchie at 4746 and W Mann at 4762. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a chief clerk, a driver and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (2), Downtown, Renfrew-Collingwood 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jack Mader at 222 Carrall Street. L H Mader is listed at 3306 East 27th 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 Lawrence H Mader there as the householder, a driver, with Ruth D Mader, a stenographer at Beatty Bros. The 1940 name section lists Dorothy Mader at 1209 Jervis Street.
In 1940 the directory lists E G Mader at 4565 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edgar G Mader there as the householder, a chief clerk at the CPR. The 1940 name section lists Rebecca Mader at 4754 West 2nd Avenue, widow of J L.
Today
1209 Jervis, 4565 West 13th and 4754 West 2nd still have their buildings from before 1946, 1209 Jervis on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3306 East 27th (2001) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 222 Carrall, 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.
- Mader Jack222 Carrall, p. 403
- *Mader L H3306 East 27th, p. 242
- Mader Lawrence H drvr BCE Power & Gas3306 East 27th, p. 403
- Mader Ruth D sten Beatty Bros3306 East 27th, p. 403
- Mader Dorothy1209 Jervis, p. 403
- *Mader E G4565 West 13th, p. 214
- Mader Edgar G chf clk CPR4565 West 13th, p. 403
- Mader Rebecca wid J L4754 West 2nd, p. 403
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Maders
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Mader 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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Another name, or a house
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.