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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Davidsons

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at six addresses

The directories print ten people named Davidson at six addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Davidsons at 654 West 11th 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    37 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Helen Davidson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Hoag at 31 and W O Smith at 43. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    654 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Davidson, retired 1940
    • Maudie Davidson 1940
    • Wilhelmina Davidson 1940

    Next door in 1940: G R Smith at 646 and Miss A Muirhead at 664. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1226 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A Ewert Davidson, a clerk at the Bank of Toronto 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D Smith at 1236. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1428 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • John Davidson 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Elder at 1422 and R J Hamilton at 1436. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2636 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A A Davidson, in mining 1940
    • Doug A Davidson, a barrister 1940
    • Elsie A Davidson, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Minette at 2628 and A J Lewis at 2646. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4064 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs E M Davidson, widow of A C 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Reid at 4056 and W E Pixley at 4070. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the ten: a barrister, a clerk, a mining and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Mount Pleasant (2), Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 Helen Davidson at 37 West 11th Avenue. J Davidson is listed at 654 West 11th 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 John Davidson there as the householder, retired, with Maudie Davidson and Wilhelmina Davidson. The 1940 name section lists A Ewert Davidson at 1226 West 11th Avenue, a clerk at the Bank of Toronto.

The 1940 name section lists John Davidson at 1428 West 11th Avenue. A A Davidson is listed at 2636 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists A Alex Davidson there as the householder, in mining, with Doug A Davidson, a barrister, and Elsie A Davidson, a stenographer.

Mrs E M Davidson is listed at 4064 West 11th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Eva M Davidson there as the householder, widow of A C.

Today

37 West 11th and 1226 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2636 West 11th (2014) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 654 West 11th, 1428 West 11th and 4064 West 11th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.