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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wiedricks

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Wiedrick at two addresses in 1940 in West Point Grey. 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 Wiedricks 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

    4540 West 5th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • V A Wiedrick, a school vice-principal 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Saddler at 4536 and W McM Carmichael at 4546. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4357 West 9th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W H Wiedrick, a collector 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M Isaacs at 4353 and J Jones at 4363. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: a collector and a school vice-principal.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2). 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 V A Wiedrick at 4540 West 5th 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 Vernon A Wiedrick there as the householder, a school vice-principal. In 1940 the directory lists W H Wiedrick at 4357 West 9th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William H Wiedrick there as the householder, a collector.

Today

4540 West 5th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; 4357 West 9th (2015) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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 Wiedricks

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Wiedrick 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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Another name, or a house

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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.