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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ruddicks

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at eight addresses

The directories print ten people named Ruddick at eight addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Rudick. 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 Ruddicks at 1183 Granville in 1940.

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Where the Ruddicks 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

    5335 Dumfries Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • P Rudick, a fireman 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Gordon at 5373. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    547 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J S Ruddick 1940

    Next door in 1940: C N Miller at 525 and M Rozen at 551. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1851 East 40th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G Ruddick, a driver at Cascade Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: R R Jack at 1827 and W W Gallagher at 1875. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3209 East 6th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs S Ruddick, widow of L K 1940

    Next door in 1940: E C Andersen at 3203 and R Dickie at 3215. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1183 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs S Ruddick 1940
    • Mary M Ruddick, who worked for the Cave Supper Club 1940
    • Michael Ruddick, a bus boy at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Butterfield at 1181 and Bond's Tea & Coffee Hse at 1191. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    748 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • P Rudick 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E McLean at 746 and D Nicholson at 750. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3111 Renfrew Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • H Ruddick, a driver at Woodland Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Balcombe at 3117. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2683 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F W G Ruddick, a laundry foreman at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Dawson at 2669 and S H Carlson at 2689. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the ten: a driver (2), a bus boy, an employee, a fireman and a laundry foreman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 P Rudick at 5335 Dumfries Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Peter Rudick there as the householder, a fireman. In 1940 the directory lists J S Ruddick at 547 East 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark).

G Ruddick is listed at 1851 East 40th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George Ruddick there as the householder, a driver at Cascade Laundry. Mrs S Ruddick is listed at 3209 East 6th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Susan Ruddick there as the householder, widow of L K.

Mrs S Ruddick is listed at 1183 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary M Ruddick there, who worked for the Cave Supper Club, with Michael Ruddick, a bus boy at the Vancouver Hotel. P Rudick is listed at 748 Hamilton Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists H Ruddick at 3111 Renfrew Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry Ruddick there as the householder, a driver at Woodland Manufacturing. In 1940 the directory lists F W G Ruddick at 2683 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists F W George Ruddick there as the householder, a laundry foreman at the Vancouver General Hospital.

Today

1183 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1851 East 40th (1986), 3209 East 6th (1985), 3111 Renfrew (1990) and 2683 West 6th (1983) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5335 Dumfries, 547 East 12th and 748 Hamilton, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 1183 Granville: no archive photo of the 1100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 15 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.