A family name on East 6th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
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 East 6th Avenue. 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
124 East 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- D Davidson, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: M Imai at 116 and Mrs J Solomon at 138. The block, door by door
- 2
138 East 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- John Davidson, a deckhand at Bervin Steamship 1940
Next door in 1940: D Davidson at 124 and Mrs M Robinson at 144. The block, door by door
- 3
2131 East 6th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs M Davidson, widow of A S 1940
- Alex S Davidson, a meat cutter at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs S Dickson at 2123 and P H Triance at 2139. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a deckhand, a meat cutter and an on active service. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 D Davidson at 124 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Don Davidson there, on active service. The 1940 name section lists John Davidson at 138 East 6th Avenue, a deckhand at Bervin Steamship.
Mrs M Davidson is listed at 2131 East 6th 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 Mary Davidson there as the householder, widow of A S, with Alex S Davidson, a meat cutter at Spencer's.
Today
124 East 6th (2005) and 2131 East 6th (1972) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 138 East 6th, 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.
- Davidson D124 East 6th, p. 186
- Davidson Don act serv124 East 6th, p. 149
- Davidson John deckhd Bervin Stmshp138 East 6th, p. 149
- *Davidson Mrs M2131 East 6th, p. 187
- Davidson Alex S meat ctr Spencers2131 East 6th, p. 149
- Davidson Mary wid A S2131 East 6th, p. 149
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.