A family name on Victoria Drive, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Grandview-Woodland and Victoria-Fraserview
The Davidsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Davidson at two addresses in 1940, all on Victoria Drive. 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 648 Victoria Drive 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
648 Victoria Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs C Davidson, widow of G 1940
- Dorothy C Davidson, a telephone operator at the Georgia Hotel 1940
- Vera M Davidson 1940
Next door in 1940: 5 listings at 638. The block, door by door
- 2
5090 Victoria Drive
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W Davidson 1940
Next door in 1940: A Lloyd at 5088. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a telephone operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Mrs C Davidson at 648 Victoria Drive; 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 Cath Davidson there as the householder, widow of G, with Dorothy C Davidson, a telephone operator at the Georgia Hotel, and Vera M Davidson. In 1940 the directory lists W Davidson at 5090 Victoria Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too.
Today
The City no longer lists 648 Victoria Drive and 5090 Victoria Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Davidson Mrs C648 Victoria Drive, p. 161
- Davidson Cath wid G648 Victoria Drive, p. 149
- Davidson Dorothy C tel opr Georgia Hotel648 Victoria Drive, p. 149
- Davidson Vera M648 Victoria Drive, p. 149
- *Davidson W5090 Victoria Drive, p. 162
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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Another name, or a house
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.