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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Darraghs

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Darragh at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Darraghs 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

    925 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frank Darragh, a waiter 1940
    • George Darragh, a waiter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Liberty Cafe at 921 and Sixteen Sweet at 927. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1261 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Florence Darragh 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wosk's Ltd at 1259 and Crescent Furn at 1267. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2971 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • S E Darragh, a police officer at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Proulx at 2965 and Mrs E Bullen at 2977. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a waiter (2) and a police officer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Frank Darragh at 925 Granville Street, a waiter, with George Darragh, a waiter. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Florence Darragh at 1261 Granville Street. In 1940 the directory lists S E Darragh at 2971 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists S Everett Darragh there as the householder, a police officer at the CPR.

Today

1261 Granville and 2971 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 925 Granville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 925 Granville: no archive photo of the 900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Darraghs

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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.