A family name on Rupert Street, Renfrew-Collingwood, Hastings-Sunrise and Killarney
The Davidsons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Davidson at two addresses in 1940, all on Rupert Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Davidsons at 4936 Rupert in 1940. 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
1090 Rupert Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- D L Davidson, a driver at Johnston National Storage 1940
- James L Davidson, a boomman 1940
- 2
4936 Rupert Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- B G Davidson, a sales department at General Steel Wares 1940
- Jean Davidson, an apprentice at the West Coast Woollen Mills 1940
- Mae Davidson, a laundress at Family Service Laundry 1940
Next door in 1940: F C Wall at 4928 and R E Kirch at 4942. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: an apprentice, a boomman, a driver, a laundress and a sales department.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 L Davidson at 1090 Rupert Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Daniel L Davidson there as the householder, a driver at Johnston National Storage, with James L Davidson, a boomman. In 1940 the directory lists B G Davidson at 4936 Rupert Street. The 1940 name section lists Burtis G Davidson there as the householder, a sales department at General Steel Wares, with Jean Davidson, an apprentice at the West Coast Woollen Mills, and Mae Davidson, a laundress at Family Service Laundry.
Today
4936 Rupert still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1090 Rupert (1966) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Davidson D L1090 Rupert, p. 145
- Davidson Danl L drvr Johnston Natl Stge1090 Rupert, p. 149
- Davidson Jas L boomn1090 Rupert, p. 149
- Davidson B G4936 Rupert, p. 146
- Davidson Burtis G sls dept Genl Steel Wares4936 Rupert, p. 149
- Davidson Jean appr West Coast Woollen Mills4936 Rupert, p. 149
- Davidson Mae lndrs Family Serv Lndy4936 Rupert, 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.