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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Redmonds

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Redmond at six 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 Redmonds 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

    3843 Clark Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C Redmond, a blacksmith at Tyee Machinery 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Kealey at 3837 and M N Bader at 3849. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    743 East 39th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Charlotte Redmond, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Lucas at 735 and J Reid at 749. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5310 Fraser Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F H Redmond, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Massimo at 5304 and Mrs B O Gordon at 5318. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1821 Pandora Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J J Redmond, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Duncan at 1819 and J A Tinckler at 1823. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1040 West 16th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Jean Redmond, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Charkow at 1020 and F W D Wilkins at 1048. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3547 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H C Redmond, a building contractor 1940
    • John E Redmond, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Cowden at 3539 and L E Rees at 3553. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a blacksmith, a building contractor, a clerk and a longshoreman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3), Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland and Shaughnessy. 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 C Redmond at 3843 Clark Drive; 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 Clarence Redmond there as the householder, a blacksmith at Tyee Machinery. The 1940 name section lists Charlotte Redmond at 743 East 39th Avenue, a widow.

F H Redmond is listed at 5310 Fraser Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick H Redmond there as the householder, a clerk. J J Redmond is listed at 1821 Pandora Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John J Redmond there as the householder, a longshoreman.

The 1940 name section lists Jean Redmond at 1040 West 16th Avenue, a student. In 1940 the directory lists H C Redmond, a building contractor, at 3547 West 38th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry C Redmond there as the householder, a building contractor, with John E Redmond, a student.

Today

3843 Clark Drive, 743 East 39th, 5310 Fraser, 1040 West 16th and 3547 West 38th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1821 Pandora, so that building is 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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.