A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Daggers
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Dagger 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 Daggers lived
- 1
829 East 24th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J S Dagger, a clerk at the Liquor Control Board 1940
- Winnifred Dagger, a cashier 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Wilde at 823 and W M Waugh at 835. The block, door by door
- 2
1915 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Miss A McK Dagger 1940
- Anne McK Dagger, a clerk at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: haro lodge at 1935. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk (2) and a cashier.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and 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 J S Dagger at 829 East 24th 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 James S Dagger there as the householder, a clerk at the Liquor Control Board, with Winnifred Dagger, a cashier. In 1940 the directory lists Miss A McK Dagger at 1915 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists Anne McK Dagger there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Government.
Today
829 East 24th and 1915 Haro still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Dagger J S829 East 24th, p. 238
- Dagger Jas S clk Liq Cont Bd829 East 24th, p. 145
- Dagger Winnifred cash Mc Mc & Prior829 East 24th, p. 145
- Dagger Miss A McK1915 Haro, p. 72
- Dagger Anne McK clk BC Govt1915 Haro, p. 145
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Daggers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Dagger 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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.