A family name on Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano
The Davidsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Davidson at three addresses in 1940, all on Dunbar Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 112 other streets too, all listed on the Davidson name's own page.
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Where the Davidsons lived
- 1
1631 Dunbar Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- C N Davidson, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: J C Kloepfer at 1641. The block, door by door
- 2
2312 Dunbar Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- J Davidson, of D C Mackenzie & Assocs 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M McLean at 2308 and F J Manning at 2316. The block, door by door
- 3
3919 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs J C Davidson, widow of J 1940
- Jessie C Davidson, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: K M Byers at 3907 and R M Gardner at 3931. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: an employee. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 C N Davidson at 1631 Dunbar 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 Cicero N Davidson there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists J Davidson at 2312 Dunbar Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Davidson there as the householder, of D C Mackenzie & Assocs, with James Davidson, a student at UBC.
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J C Davidson at 3919 Dunbar Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Jessie C Davidson there as the householder, widow of J, with Jessie C Davidson, who worked for the BC Telephone.
Today
1631 Dunbar, 2312 Dunbar and 3919 Dunbar still have their buildings from before 1946, 1631 Dunbar and 2312 Dunbar on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Davidson C N1631 Dunbar, p. 44
- Davidson Cicero N retired1631 Dunbar, p. 149
- *Davidson J2312 Dunbar, p. 44
- Davidson Jas studt UBC2312 Dunbar, p. 149
- Davidson John of D C Mackenzie & Assocs2312 Dunbar, p. 149
- *Davidson Mrs J C3919 Dunbar, p. 44
- Davidson Jessie C wid J3919 Dunbar, p. 149
- Davidson Jessie C emp BC Tel3919 Dunbar, p. 149
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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: 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.