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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Darkes

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Darke 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. The most under one roof: three Darkes at 2880 West 42nd in 1940.

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Where the Darkes 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

    5759 Kerr Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • K P Darke, a stage operator at BC Motor Transportation 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Crowe at 5737 and E T W Henry at 5791. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2880 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Cedric Darke 1940
    • Francis E Darke, a stage operator at BC Motor Transportation 1940
    • James Darke 1940

    Next door in 1940: K A Cruise at 2870 and P E Wright at 2884. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a stage operator (2). Two of them worked for BC Motor Transportation.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Killarney. 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 K P Darke at 5759 Kerr 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 Ken P Darke there as the householder, a stage operator at BC Motor Transportation. The 1940 name section lists Cedric Darke at 2880 West 42nd Avenue, with Francis E Darke, a stage operator at BC Motor Transportation, and James Darke.

Today

2880 West 42nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 5759 Kerr (2001) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Darkes

Every directory, as one book

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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.