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The Radelets

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at eight addresses

The directories print ten people named Radelet at eight 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 Radelets 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

    2210 Balaclava Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J J Radelet 1940
    • Don Radelet, who worked for Restmore 1940

    Next door in 1940: C S Campbell at 2204 and G C Hutchings at 2216. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1612 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A H Radelet 1940

    Next door in 1940: Can Window Bkries at 1610 and Echo Highland at 1616. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2115 Ferndale Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G W Radelet, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Maddison at 2105 and L Bear at 2129. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2440 Heather Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • J J Radelet, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Evert at 2450. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    595 West 16th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • L Radelet, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Kathleen M Radelet, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H L Imerson at 575. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    242 West 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Wilfred H Radelet, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Coan at 228 and H McKibben at 260. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    146 West 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A H Radelet, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Orr at 140 and G S Toller at 148. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    562 West 24th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • R Radelet, who worked for the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: F F Henderson at 560 and J S Abernethy at 564. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the ten: a carpenter (2), a conductor (2), a decorator, an employee and a stenographer. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Riley Park (2), South Cambie (2), Fairview and Kitsilano. 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 J J Radelet at 2210 Balaclava Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James J Radelet there as the householder, with Don Radelet, who worked for Restmore. In 1940 the directory lists A H Radelet at 1612 Commercial Drive.

G W Radelet is listed at 2115 Ferndale 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 Gordon W Radelet there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. J J Radelet is listed at 2440 Heather Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Joseph J Radelet there, a carpenter.

L Radelet is listed at 595 West 16th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Leon Radelet there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with Kathleen M Radelet, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred H Radelet at 242 West 20th Avenue as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists A H Radelet at 146 West 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert H Radelet there as the householder, a contractor, with Alice Radelet, a decorator. In 1940 the directory lists R Radelet at 562 West 24th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert W Radelet there as the householder, who worked for the Hudson's Bay Company.

Today

2210 Balaclava, 1612 Commercial Drive, 2115 Ferndale, 146 West 21st and 562 West 24th still have their buildings from before 1946; 242 West 20th (2002) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2440 Heather and 595 West 16th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Campers' cottages and tents among the trees at the foot of Balaclava Street, above the water
1910 Campers' cottages and tents among the trees at the foot of Balaclava Street, above the water. Not at the house at 2210 Balaclava: no archive photo of the 2200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 7-91. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 17 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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.