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West End, Vancouver

1114 Davie Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1114 Davie Street is Marcroft Manor Apartments, with nine suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists ten people here: Gerald J Bower, a driver; Wilmot M Cliff, a master mariner at M R Cliff & BC Mills Towing; and eight others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: B W Young. Its name section lists two more people here under other surnames too.

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13
people the 1940 directory lists here, two of them named in the book
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • ten linesMarcroft Manor Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Gerald J Bowera driver · householder · suite 9p. 59
  • Wilmot M Cliffa master mariner at M R Cliff & BC Mills Towing · householder · suite 4p. 116
  • Tamar E Hockingwidow of H S · householder · suite 2p. 275
  • Viola I Lawriewidow of T · householder · suite 6p. 340
  • Norman N MacKinnona logger · householder · suite 8p. 388
  • Miss M M Melvillea bookkeeper for Dr W A Whitelaw · householder · suite 7p. 425
  • Ruby Mottshouseholder · suite 5p. 445
  • Reginald N Wicksa mechanic at Vancouver Motors · householder · suite 3p. 658

Also under the Hocking name

  • Eileen Hockingproprietor of Christian Supplies Shoppe · lives here · suite 2p. 275
  • Kathleen A Melvillea stenographer · lives here · suite 7p. 425

Only in the street section

Also at this address

  • Two more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

Davie Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

DAVIE

  1. 1114Marcroft Manor Aptsp. 41
  2. 11141Young B Wp. 41
  3. 11142Hocking Mrs T Ep. 41
  4. 11143Wicks R Np. 41
  5. 11144Cliff W Mp. 41
  6. 11145Motts Miss Rp. 41
  7. 11146Lawrie Mrs V Ip. 41
  8. 11147Melville Miss M Mp. 41
  9. 11148MacKinnon N Np. 41
  10. 11149Bower G Jp. 41

Names

  1. Bower Gerald J drvr h9, 1114 Daviep. 59
  2. Cliff Wilmot M mstr mrnr M R Cliff & BC Mills Towing h4, 1114 Daviep. 116
  3. Hocking Tamar E wid H S h2, 1114 Daviep. 275
  4. Lawrie Viola I wid T h6, 1114 Daviep. 340
  5. MacKinnon Norman N logr h8, 1114 Daviep. 388
  6. Melville Miss M M bkpr Dr W A Whitelaw h7, 1114 Daviep. 425
  7. Motts Ruby h5, 1114 Daviep. 445
  8. Wicks Regd N mech Van Motors h3, 1114 Daviep. 658
  9. Hocking Eileen prop Christian Supp Shoppe r2, 1114 Daviep. 275
  10. Melville Kathleen A sten r7, 1114 Daviep. 425
The lines for 1114 Davie Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library. The name section prints h for a householder and r for someone who lives at the address.

The building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 1114 Davie Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); two doors along, 1124 still has one from before 1946, one of two on the block.

The 1100 block in 1940

Davie Street between Thurlow and Bute Streets, West End: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.

Davie Street, the 1100 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)

The 1100 block of Davie Street

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1114 Davie Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1114-davie, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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Sources

The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.