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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ruddells

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Ruddell at three 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 Ruddells at 2748 West 7th in 1940.

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Where the Ruddells 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

    3364 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C T Ruddell, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Winchester at 3350 and S A Rowsell at 3378. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3548 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Gladys S Ruddell, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Kerr at 3540 and J F Witham at 3554. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2748 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs B M Ruddell 1940
    • E J B Ruddell, a salesman at Borland Ice Cream 1940
    • Roy A H Ruddell 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Crawford at 2742 and C H Nordlund at 2752. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a salesman, a school teacher and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) 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 C T Ruddell at 3364 West 35th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Clif T Ruddell there as the householder, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists Gladys S Ruddell at 3548 West 38th Avenue, a stenographer.

E J B Ruddell is listed at 2748 West 7th Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is Mrs B M Ruddell. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Bertha M Ruddell there as the householder, with Elgin J B Ruddell, a salesman at Borland Ice Cream, and Roy A H Ruddell.

Today

3548 West 38th and 2748 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2748 West 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3364 West 35th (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.