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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Davieses

In the city directories 1935–1940 · 340 addresses on 177 streets

The directories print the Davies name at 340 addresses on 177 streets between 1935 and 1940, in 22 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Davis. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Davieses lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown43 addresses
  2. Kitsilano35 addresses
  3. West End29 addresses
  4. Kensington-Cedar Cottage28 addresses
  5. Grandview-Woodland25 addresses
  6. Mount Pleasant23 addresses
  7. Dunbar-Southlands19 addresses
  8. Fairview19 addresses
  9. Sunset16 addresses
  10. Hastings-Sunrise15 addresses
  11. West Point Grey14 addresses
  12. Riley Park12 addresses
  13. Renfrew-Collingwood11 addresses
  14. Marpole10 addresses
  15. Victoria-Fraserview10 addresses
  16. Strathcona8 addresses
  17. Arbutus Ridge7 addresses
  18. Shaughnessy7 addresses
  19. Kerrisdale6 addresses
  20. Killarney1 address
  21. Oakridge1 address
  22. South Cambie1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Granville StreetTen addresses in Downtown, Fairview and Marpole; eleven people: C D Davis, P L C Davies, R P Davis and eight more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 12th AvenueTen addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; twelve people: C M Davis, C R Davies, D R Davis and nine more
    1940
  3. 3
    Main StreetSeven addresses in Strathcona, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset; eleven people: A E L Davies, A F Davies, Mrs E R Davies and eight more
    1940
  4. 4
    West 5th AvenueSeven addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; eleven people: C C Davis, D J Davis, E H Davis and eight more
    1940
  5. 5
    West 10th AvenueSix addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; ten people: C L Davis, Dr H R L Davis, L Davis and seven more
    1940
  6. 6
    West 11th AvenueSix addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; eight people: G Davies, A Davies, F C Davis and five more
    1940
  7. 7
    West 8th AvenueSix addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; ten people: A Davis, G H Davies, J A Davies and seven more
    1940
  8. 8
    East 2nd AvenueFive addresses in Grandview-Woodland; nine people: E C Davis, F Davies, Mrs E M A Davies and six more
    1940
  9. 9
    Nelson StreetFive addresses in West End; six people: I T Davies, Charles Davis, Eric Davies and three more
    1940
  10. 10
    Robson StreetFive addresses in Downtown and West End; eight people: Mrs A Davis, Mrs J Davies, Bert Davis and five more
    1940
  11. 11
    West 13th AvenueFive addresses in Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; seven people: A E Davis, B G Davies, F A E Davis and four more
    1940
  12. 12
    West BroadwayFive addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; seven people: H E Davies, R C Davis, Alice M Davis and four more
    1940

165 more streets, by name: Adanac Street (3), Alberni Street (2), Alberta Street (1), Alma Street (1), Argyle Street (1), Balfour Avenue (1), Balsam Street (1), Barclay Street (1), Beach Avenue (2), Beatrice Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Bruce Street (1), Burrard Street (3), Bute Street (1), Cambridge Street (2), Cameron Avenue (1), Carnarvon Street (1), Cartier Street (1), Charles Street (1), Chester Street (2), Commercial Drive (3), Commercial Street (1), Comox Street (2), Cornwall Avenue (1), Cotton Drive (1), Davie Street (1), Drake Street (2), Duff Street (1), Duke Street (1), Dumfries Street (1), Dunbar Street (1), Dundas Street (2), Dunsmuir Street (2), Earles Street (1), East 10th Avenue (3), East 11th Avenue (2), East 12th Avenue (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (4), East 15th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (2), East 1st Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (2), East 21st Avenue (2), East 24th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (2), East 27th Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (2), East 32nd Avenue (1), East 33rd Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (2), East 48th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 51st Avenue (1), East 52nd Avenue (3), East 55th Avenue (1), East 57th Avenue (1), East 58th Avenue (1), East 60th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (3), East 8th Avenue (4), East Broadway (1), East Cordova Street (3), East Georgia Street (1), East Hastings Street (3), East Pender Street (2), Elgin Street (1), Eton Street (1), Findlay Street (1), Fleming Street (3), Fraser Street (3), Garden Drive (1), Gilford Street (1), Gladstone Street (1), Graveley Street (2), Hamilton Street (4), Haro Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Helmcken Street (2), Hemlock Street (1), Henry Street (1), Highbury Street (1), Holland Street (1), Homer Street (1), Howe Street (2), Inverness Street (2), Kamloops Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Kingsway (1), Knight Street (1), Matthews Avenue (1), Melville Street (1), Montcalm Street (1), Nanaimo Street (2), Oak Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Pendrell Street (3), Powell Street (4), Prince Albert Street (3), Prior Street (1), Richards Street (3), Rupert Street (2), Salsbury Drive (1), Scotia Street (1), Semlin Drive (1), Seymour Street (2), Shaughnessy Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Spencer Street (1), Thurlow Street (4), Trafalgar Street (2), Trinity Street (1), Turner Street (1), Venables Street (1), Vine Street (1), Walden Street (1), Water Street (1), West 14th Avenue (2), West 15th Avenue (4), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (2), West 30th Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (2), West 33rd Avenue (2), West 34th Avenue (4), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (2), West 38th Avenue (2), West 39th Avenue (2), West 3rd Avenue (4), West 40th Avenue (2), West 41st Avenue (4), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (4), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (2), West 68th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (2), West 71st Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (3), West Georgia Street (4), West Hastings Street (2), West King Edward Avenue (1), West Pender Street (2), William Street (2), Woodland Drive (1), Yew Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 340 addresses, 109 still have their buildings from before 1946, four have buildings standing whose year the City doesn't record, 94 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 133; each street's page names them.

The book of the Davieses

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under D. Want a name removed? Tell us.