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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ruddocks

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Ruddock 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. The most under one roof: three Ruddocks at 1242 East 18th in 1940.

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Where the Ruddocks 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

    1242 East 18th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C H Ruddock, a district fire chief at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Bernard B Ruddock, a student at UBC 1940
    • Kathleen H Ruddock, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Zick at 1236 and Mrs E Carter at 1260. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1736 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F Ruddock, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Anderson at 1726 and J V Deildal at 1746. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2302 West 33rd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • J H Ruddock, an accountant at Westminster Breweries 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L Thomson at 2326. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an accountant, a district fire chief and a nurse.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Fairview and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 H Ruddock at 1242 East 18th 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). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cyril H Ruddock there as the householder, a district fire chief at the City of Vancouver, with Bernard B Ruddock, a student at UBC, and Kathleen H Ruddock, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists F Ruddock at 1736 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Ruddock there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists J H Ruddock at 2302 West 33rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John H Ruddock there as the householder, an accountant at Westminster Breweries.

Today

1242 East 18th (1997), 1736 West 15th (1981) and 2302 West 33rd (1994) have newer buildings, 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.