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A family name on Knight Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Victoria-Fraserview and Sunset

The Davidsons

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Davidson at two addresses in 1940, all on Knight Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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

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

    3728 Knight Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • B D Davidson, a male nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Foster at 3720 and W A Udell at 3732. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4294 Knight Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H Davidson, a driver at Cascade Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Baker at 4280. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: a driver and a male nurse.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2). 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 B D Davidson at 3728 Knight Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Bruce D Davidson there as the householder, a male nurse. In 1940 the directory lists H Davidson at 4294 Knight 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 lists Henry Davidson there as the householder, a driver at Cascade Laundry.

Today

The City no longer lists 3728 Knight and 4294 Knight, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

George, a young man in a bowler hat, standing in a yard on Knight Road (now Knight Street) in Cedar Cottage
November 1907 George, a young man in a bowler hat, standing in a yard on Knight Road (now Knight Street) in Cedar Cottage. Not at the house at 3728 Knight: no archive photo of the 3700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 330-4. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

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.