A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Davidsons
In the city directories 1940 · 171 addresses on 113 streets
The directories print the Davidson name at 171 addresses on 113 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Davidsons lived
- West End24 addresses
- Kitsilano19 addresses
- Downtown16 addresses
- Mount Pleasant16 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage14 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands12 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland9 addresses
- Riley Park9 addresses
- Kerrisdale8 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise7 addresses
- Fairview6 addresses
- Marpole5 addresses
- Shaughnessy5 addresses
- Sunset4 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge3 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
- West Point Grey3 addresses
- Oakridge2 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
- South Cambie2 addresses
- Strathcona2 addresses
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1West 11th AvenueSix addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; ten people: A A Davidson, J Davidson, Mrs E M Davidson and seven more1940
- 2Burrard StreetFive addresses in Downtown and West End; seven people: Mrs A Davidson, Mrs J A Davidson, David Davidson and four more1940
- 3West 12th AvenueFive addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; eight people: M Davidson, Mrs D E Davidson, Mrs M Davidson and five more1940
- 4West 14th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kitsilano; five people: J Davidson, J W Davidson, R H Davidson and two more1940
- 5Barclay StreetThree addresses in West End; five people: Mrs J W Davidson, Ada J Davidson, Christine I Davidson and two more1940
- 6Dunbar StreetThree addresses in Kitsilano and Dunbar-Southlands; four people: J Davidson, C N Davidson, Mrs J C Davidson and one more1940
- 7East 6th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland; four people: D Davidson, Mrs M Davidson, Alex S Davidson and one more1940
- 8Granville StreetThree addresses in Downtown and Fairview; three people: Mrs Amelia Davidson, R L Davidson and W R Davidson1940
- 9Nelson StreetThree addresses in West End; four people: J Davidson, Blanche E Davidson, Mrs M E Davidson and one more1940
- 10Ontario StreetThree addresses in Riley Park and Oakridge; four people: G Davidson, Mrs I Davidson, Helen Davidson and one more1940
- 11Pendrell StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: J Davidson, Albert Davidson and John Davidson1940
- 12West 10th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kitsilano; four people: A Davidson, A Davidson, Robert A Davidson and one more1940
101 more streets, by name: Adanac Street (1), Adera Street (1), Alberni Street (1), Angus Drive (1), Arbutus Street (1), Balkan Street (1), Balsam Street (2), Beach Avenue (1), Berkeley Street (1), Bidwell Street (1), Broughton Street (2), Comox Street (1), Creelman Avenue (1), Culloden Street (1), Dumfries Street (2), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 10th Avenue (2), East 11th Avenue (2), East 14th Avenue (2), East 16th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 33rd Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 55th Avenue (1), East 59th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 60th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Cordova Street (1), East Georgia Street (2), East Hastings Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Findlay Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Guelph Street (1), Haro Street (1), Harwood Street (2), Heather Street (1), Helmcken Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Kitchener Street (1), Knight Street (2), Lanark Street (1), Main Street (1), Maple Street (1), Marine Crescent (1), McRae Avenue (1), Oak Street (2), Oxford Street (1), Perry Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Powell Street (2), Prince Edward Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (1), Rupert Street (2), Seymour Street (1), Thurlow Street (2), Triumph Street (1), Victoria Drive (2), Water Street (1), West 13th Avenue (2), West 15th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (2), West 18th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (2), West 21st Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (2), West 24th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (2), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (2), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (2), West 49th Avenue (2), West 57th Avenue (2), West 5th Avenue (1), West 73rd Avenue (1), West Cordova Street (2), West Georgia Street (2), West King Edward Avenue (2), William Street (1), Yew Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 171 addresses, 64 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 40 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 66; each street's page names them.
The book of the Davidsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Davidson name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under D. Want a name removed? Tell us.