A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
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 West 10th 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
195 West 10th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Roy C Davidson, a salesman at Curtis Motors 1940
Next door in 1940: C B Stephens at 185. The block, door by door
- 2
2885 West 10th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- A Davidson, a shopman at the Canadian (BC) Telephone 1940
- Robert A Davidson, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: A J Teiffel at 2865. The block, door by door
- 3
2997 West 10th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- A Davidson, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: R P Claydon at 2995. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a salesman and a shopman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Roy C Davidson at 195 West 10th Avenue, a salesman at Curtis Motors. A Davidson is listed at 2885 West 10th 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 Archibald Davidson there as the householder, a shopman at the Canadian (BC) Telephone, with Robert A Davidson, a student at UBC.
A Davidson is listed at 2997 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alex Davidson there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway.
Today
2885 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 195 West 10th and 2997 West 10th, so those buildings are 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 Roy C slsmn Curtis Motors195 West 10th, p. 149
- *Davidson A2885 West 10th, p. 200
- Davidson Arch shopmn Can (BC) Tel2885 West 10th, p. 149
- Davidson Robt A studt UBC2885 West 10th, p. 149
- Davidson A2997 West 10th, p. 200
- Davidson Alex clk BCER2997 West 10th, p. 149
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.