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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nadeaus

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Nadeau at five 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.

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Where the Nadeaus 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

    1320 Adanac Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • George Nadau, a mechanic at Globe Furniture 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Mather at 1318 and W R Franklin at 1322. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1220 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs S Nadeau, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: snowdon apts at 1234. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3031 East 7th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W Nadeau, a helper at the Western Foundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Jarvis at 3029 and G K Patton at 3037. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    403 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Arthur Nadeau, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: collins u drive ltd at 417. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1574 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J L Nadeau, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Nowell at 1564 and Mrs A McKenzie at 1584. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a helper, a laborer and a mechanic. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Strathcona 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 George Nadau at 1320 Adanac Street, a mechanic at Globe Furniture. Mrs S Nadeau, rooms to let, is listed at 1220 Barclay Street 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 Susan Nadeau there, widow of A.

W Nadeau is listed at 3031 East 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred Nadeau there as the householder, a helper at the Western Foundry. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Nadeau at 403 East Hastings Street, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists J L Nadeau at 1574 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Joseph L Nadeau there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

3031 East 7th and 403 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; 1220 Barclay (1987) and 1574 West 6th (1969) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1320 Adanac, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street
9 September 1932 The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street. Not at the house at 1220 Barclay: no archive photo of the 1200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4256. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Nadeaus

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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 N. Want a name removed? Tell us.