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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Udesens

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Udesen 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.

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Where the Udesens 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

    1855 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • P Udesen, a manager at Western Gym Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: F N Hamilton at 1841 and F C Hamilton at 1861. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5907 Holland Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W Udesen, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: T W Holmes at 5981. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: a carpenter and a manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Grandview-Woodland. 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 Udesen at 1855 Charles Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Paul Udesen there as the householder, a manager at Western Gym Supplies. In 1940 the directory lists W Udesen at 5907 Holland Street. The 1940 name section lists Walter Udesen there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

1855 Charles still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5907 Holland, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. Taken on the 1800 block; it doesn't single out the house at 1855 Charles. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Udesens

Every directory, as one book

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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 U. Want a name removed? Tell us.