A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Rodneys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Rodney at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Rodneys lived
- 1
1246 Frances Street
Strathcona, 1940
- M Rodney, proprietor of Pacific Cycle 1940
Next door in 1940: W Vogt at 1236 and J Tochkin at 1248. The block, door by door
- 2
1185 Melville Street
Downtown, 1940
- A E Rodney, a painter who kept rooms to let 1940
Next door in 1940: M McLean at 1171. The block, door by door
- 3
1911 Quebec Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Rodney (no first name printed) 1940
- Nicholas Rodney, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Kent at 1905 and E Dawson at 1919. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a laborer, a painter and rooms to let and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Mount Pleasant and Strathcona. 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 M Rodney at 1246 Frances Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Morris Rodney there as the householder, proprietor of Pacific Cycle. In 1940 the directory lists A E Rodney, rooms to let, at 1185 Melville Street. The 1940 name section lists Arthur E Rodney there, a painter who kept rooms to let.
In 1940 the directory lists Rodney (no first name printed) at 1911 Quebec Street. The 1940 name section lists Nicholas Rodney there as the householder, a laborer.
Today
1246 Frances still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record; 1911 Quebec (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1185 Melville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Rodney M1246 Frances, p. 51
- Rodney Morris prop Pac Cycle1246 Frances, p. 529
- Rodney A E rooms1185 Melville, p. 115
- Rodney Arth E pntr and rooms1185 Melville, p. 529
- Rodney —1911 Quebec, p. 138
- Rodney Nich lab1911 Quebec, p. 529
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Rodneys
Every directory, as one book
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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.