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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Darroches

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Darroch at four 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 Darroches 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

    823 Prior Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Harry Darroch 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss K Omoto at 819 and D Cooke at 825. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4414 West 3rd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H C Darroch, a department manager at the Canadian General Electric 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Purcell at 4404 and Mrs H Monk at 4432. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3767 West Broadway

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Aubrey S Darroch, a salesman at Murphy & Chapman 1940

    Next door in 1940: I M Horie at 3755 and R D McClean at 3779. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    7762 Windsor Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • J M Darroch, a waiter 1940

    Next door in 1940: F D Purington at 7748 and Mrs V E Williams at 7782. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a department manager, a salesman and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2), Strathcona and Sunset. 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 Harry Darroch at 823 Prior Street. H C Darroch is listed at 4414 West 3rd Avenue in 1940; 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 Herbert C Darroch there as the householder, a department manager at the Canadian General Electric. The 1940 name section lists Aubrey S Darroch at 3767 West Broadway, a salesman at Murphy & Chapman.

In 1940 the directory lists J M Darroch at 7762 Windsor Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John M Darroch there as the householder, a waiter.

Today

3767 West Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; 4414 West 3rd (1980) and 7762 Windsor (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 823 Prior, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Darroches

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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.