A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Daems
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Daem at one address, 1118 Robson Street in West End, in 1940.
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The Daems at home
- 1
1118 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- E Daem, a laborer at the CPR 1940
- Jose Daem, a stenographer at the Bank of Toronto 1940
- Rose F Daem, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: New Coleen Conf at 1116 and F A Vandrick at 1120. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a laborer and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in West End. 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 E Daem at 1118 Robson 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 Edmond Daem there as the householder, a laborer at the CPR, with Jose Daem, a stenographer at the Bank of Toronto, and Rose F Daem, a student.
Today
The City no longer lists 1118 Robson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Daem E1118 Robson, p. 143
- Daem Edmond lab CPR1118 Robson, p. 145
- Daem Jose sten Bk of Toronto1118 Robson, p. 145
- Daem Rose F studt1118 Robson, p. 145
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Daems
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Daem 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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.