A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Scaddings
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Scadding at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Scaddings at 1201 West Georgia in 1940.
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Where the Scaddings lived
- 1
3522 West 35th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- L C Scadding, an assistant buyer at Macdonalds Consolidated 1940
Next door in 1940: D B McKelvay at 3514 and L M Daly at 3540. The block, door by door
- 2
1201 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- C W H Scadding, retired 1940
- Doris W Scadding, a housekeeper 1940
- Hilda M Scadding, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: Auto Reconditioning at 1219. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an assistant buyer, a housekeeper and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 L C Scadding at 3522 West 35th 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 Leslie C Scadding there as the householder, an assistant buyer at Macdonalds Consolidated. In 1940 the directory lists C W H Scadding at 1201 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists Charles W H Scadding there as the householder, retired, with Doris W Scadding, a housekeeper, and Hilda M Scadding, a saleswoman at Woodward's.
Today
3522 West 35th and 1201 West Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946, 1201 West Georgia on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Scadding L C3522 West 35th, p. 251
- Scadding Leslie C asst buyer Macdonalds Consol3522 West 35th, p. 545
- Scadding C W H1201 West Georgia, p. 58
- Scadding Chas W H retired1201 West Georgia, p. 545
- Scadding Doris W hsekpr1201 West Georgia, p. 545
- Scadding Hilda M slswm Woodwards1201 West Georgia, p. 545
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Scaddings
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Scadding name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.