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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Darlingtons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Darlington at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Darlingtons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1869 East 12th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T Darlington, a janitor at the BC Government 1940
    • Albert Darlington 1940

    Next door in 1940: S C R Hall at 1863. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    243 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Darlington, a meat cutter 1940

    Next door in 1940: E B Hogenson at 227 and Mrs J Brown at 251. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1803 Macdonald Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Y B D Darlington, widow of R G 1940

    Next door in 1940: C B Bishop at 1815. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a janitor and a meat cutter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 T Darlington at 1869 East 12th 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 Thomas Darlington there as the householder, a janitor at the BC Government, with Albert Darlington. In 1940 the directory lists W Darlington at 243 East 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Darlington there as the householder, a meat cutter.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs Y B D Darlington at 1803 Macdonald Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Yvonne B D Darlington there as the householder, widow of R G.

Today

243 East 15th (1956) and 1803 Macdonald (2005) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1869 East 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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.