A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Rodways
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Rodway at four 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 Rodways lived
- 1
1080 Gilford Street
West End, 1940
- F D Rodway, a salesman at Standard Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E C Shaw at 1050. The block, door by door
- 2
1617 Kitchener Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- G D Rodway, a laborer at Mohawk Lumber 1940
- F E Jean Rodway 1940
Next door in 1940: T H Fletcher at 1623. The block, door by door
- 3
- 4
3639 West 14th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- A L Rodway, a chief clerk at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: J J McKinnon at 3635 and V J Hamilton at 3641. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a chief clerk, a laborer and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, West End and West Point Grey. 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 F D Rodway at 1080 Gilford Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank D Rodway there as the householder, a salesman at Standard Oil. In 1940 the directory lists G D Rodway at 1617 Kitchener Street. The 1940 name section lists George D Rodway there as the householder, a laborer at Mohawk Lumber, with F E Jean Rodway.
In 1940 the directory lists A E Rodway at 2545 Lakewood Drive. A L Rodway is listed at 3639 West 14th Avenue 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 Albert L Rodway there as the householder, a chief clerk at the BC Government.
Today
1080 Gilford and 1617 Kitchener still have their buildings from before 1946, 1080 Gilford on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3639 West 14th (1996) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2545 Lakewood Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Rodway F D1080 Gilford, p. 59
- Rodway Frank D slsmn Standard Oil1080 Gilford, p. 529
- Rodway G D1617 Kitchener, p. 99
- Rodway F E Jean1617 Kitchener, p. 529
- Rodway Geo D lab Mohawk Lbr1617 Kitchener, p. 529
- Rodway A E2545 Lakewood Drive, p. 101
- *Rodway A L3639 West 14th, p. 217
- Rodway Albt L chf clk BC Govt3639 West 14th, p. 529
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Rodways
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.