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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ryders

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Ryder at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Ryders 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

    2725 Balaclava Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Ryder, a salesman at Marpole Coal 1940
  2. 2

    1133 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Roberta Ryder, a stenographer at Woodworth & Woodworth 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Graham at 1131 and W Fergen at 1135. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1142 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Peter N Ryder 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Thorpe at 1134 and B D Moffatt at 1144. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5829 Dunbar Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Dorothy Ryder, a maid for Dr F S Hobbs 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Livingstone at 5809 and C E Wilson at 5851. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    356 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R E Ryder, a caulker at West Coast Salvage 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Bolding at 350. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2270 McGill Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Sam Ryder, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Sjoquist at 2226 and W Stewart at 2280. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1028 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Gordon Ryder, an oiler at Kingsley Navigation 1940

    Next door in 1940: St Andrew's Wesley Hall at 1020 and F E Rice at 1030. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a caulker, a maid, an oiler, an on active service, a salesman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3), Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 A Ryder at 2725 Balaclava Street; 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 Alfred Ryder there as the householder, a salesman at Marpole Coal. The 1940 name section lists Roberta Ryder at 1133 Barclay Street, a stenographer at Woodworth & Woodworth. The 1940 name section lists Peter N Ryder at 1142 Davie Street.

The 1940 name section lists Dorothy Ryder at 5829 Dunbar Street, a maid for Dr F S Hobbs. R E Ryder is listed at 356 East 18th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert E Ryder there as the householder, a caulker at West Coast Salvage. The 1940 name section lists Sam Ryder at 2270 McGill Street, on active service.

The 1940 name section lists Gordon Ryder at 1028 Nelson Street, an oiler at Kingsley Navigation.

Today

2725 Balaclava, 5829 Dunbar and 356 East 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1133 Barclay (1956) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1142 Davie, 2270 McGill and 1028 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Campers' cottages and tents among the trees at the foot of Balaclava Street, above the water
1910 Campers' cottages and tents among the trees at the foot of Balaclava Street, above the water. Not at the house at 2725 Balaclava: no archive photo of the 2700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 7-91. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 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.