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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dalziels

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Dalziel at five addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Dalziels 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

    2055 East 13th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • V W Dalziel, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Illingworth at 2029 and G M Robertson at 2063. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3491 East 24th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W Dalziel, a moulder at the Canadian Sumner Iron Works 1940
    • James Dalziel, a yardman at Excelsior Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Elliott at 3487. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5829 Joyce Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • G Dalziel, a plumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Balderson at 5841. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    57 Kingsway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Dalziel, a shipper 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Harper at 55 and Parts Standard at 59. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2301 Oak Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Sam Dalziel, a painter for A V Lewis 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a moulder, a painter, a plumber, a police officer, a shipper and a yardman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Killarney, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 W Dalziel at 2055 East 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Victor W Dalziel there as the householder, a police officer at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists W Dalziel at 3491 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 lists William Dalziel there as the householder, a moulder at the Canadian Sumner Iron Works, with James Dalziel, a yardman at Excelsior Lumber.

In 1940 the directory lists G Dalziel, a plumber, at 5829 Joyce Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George Dalziel there, a plumber. In 1940 the directory lists A Dalziel at 57 Kingsway. The 1940 name section lists Archibald Dalziel there as the householder, a shipper.

The 1940 name section lists Sam Dalziel at 2301 Oak Street, a painter for A V Lewis.

Today

2055 East 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; 3491 East 24th (1963), 5829 Joyce (1983) and 2301 Oak (1982) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 57 Kingsway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.