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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Danceys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Dancey at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Danceys 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

    7255 Granville Street

    Oakridge, 1940

    • George Dancy, a chauffeur for A C Taylor 1940
  2. 2

    1407 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • H Dancey, a caretaker at the Robson Apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: Companion Library Good at 1405 and J Gray at 1409. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1148 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Wilmer Dauncey, a proprietor 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Smith at 1100 and J B Physick at 1156. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2051 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs V B Dancey 1940
    • William Dancey, a helper at Bullen Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Lucas at 2047 and J B Livsey at 2067. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    855 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • William S Dauncey, a meat cutter at Safeway Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: D W Douglas at 845 and F A Walters at 865. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a caretaker, a chauffeur, a helper, a meat cutter and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Fairview, Kitsilano and Oakridge. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Dancy at 7255 Granville Street, a chauffeur for A C Taylor. H Dancey is listed at 1407 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry Dancey there, a caretaker at the Robson Apartments. The 1940 name section lists Wilmer Dauncey at 1148 Thurlow Street, a proprietor.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs V B Dancey at 2051 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Violet B Dancey there as the householder, with William Dancey, a helper at Bullen Bros. The 1940 name section lists William S Dauncey at 855 West Broadway, a meat cutter at Safeway Stores.

Today

855 West Broadway (1955) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 7255 Granville, 1407 Robson, 1148 Thurlow and 2051 West 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Danceys

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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.