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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Padghams

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Padgham at four addresses in 1940 in two 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 Padghams at 3034 East 54th in 1940.

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Where the Padghams 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

    3120 East 52nd Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • P Padgham 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Shields at 3128. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3034 East 54th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • Mrs A E Padgham, widow of W 1940
    • Albert Padgham, a postman 1940
    • Hilda Padgham, a domestic 1940
  3. 3

    4954 Joyce Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W H Padgham, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Thomas at 4950 and W Wickert at 4960. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5013 Payne Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • C W Padgham, a tailor 1940
    • Alfred T Padgham 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Smith at 5009 and H Armitage at 5023. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a domestic, a postman and a tailor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Killarney (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood (2). 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 P Padgham at 3120 East 52nd 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 Percy Padgham there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A E Padgham at 3034 East 54th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alice E Padgham there as the householder, widow of W, with Albert Padgham, a postman, and Hilda Padgham, a domestic.

In 1940 the directory lists W H Padgham at 4954 Joyce Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William H Padgham there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists C W Padgham at 5013 Payne Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles W Padgham there as the householder, a tailor, with Alfred T Padgham.

Today

5013 Payne still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 3120 East 52nd (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3034 East 54th and 4954 Joyce, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.