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A family name on East 10th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Davieses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at three addresses

The directories print eight people named Davies at three addresses in 1940, all on East 10th Avenue, with the close spelling Davis. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Davieses at 123 East 10th in 1940. The directories print the name on 176 other streets too, all listed on the Davies name's own page.

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Where the Davieses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    123 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A N Davis, proprietor of Sasamat 5-10-15c Store 1940
    • Clara Davis, a saleswoman at Sasamat 5-10-15c Store 1940
    • Lyla J Davis, widow of T E 1940
    • Morrell L Davis, an apprentice moulder at the Progressive Engineering Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Gibson at 119 and A Bride at 131. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    483 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • D Davis, proprietor of Davis Junk 1940
    • Charles A Davis, a manager at Davis Junk 1940
    • Freda Davis, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Brunt at 477 and L Kennedy at 491. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2857 East 10th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • H W Davies, a plumber at Hodgson Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Barber at 2843 and G Forbes at 2869. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eight: a proprietor (2), a saleswoman (2), an apprentice moulder, a manager and a plumber. Some worked for the same employer: two for Davis Junk and two for Sasamat 5-10-15c Store. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) 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 A N Davis at 123 East 10th Avenue; 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 Arvid N Davis there as the householder, proprietor of Sasamat 5-10-15c Store, with Clara Davis, a saleswoman at Sasamat 5-10-15c Store, Lyla J Davis, widow of T E, and Morrell L Davis, an apprentice moulder at the Progressive Engineering Works. In 1940 the directory lists D Davis at 483 East 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists David Davis there as the householder, proprietor of Davis Junk, with Charles A Davis, a manager at Davis Junk, and Freda Davis, a saleswoman.

In 1940 the directory lists H W Davies at 2857 East 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harold W Davies there as the householder, a plumber at Hodgson Ltd.

Today

483 East 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 2857 East 10th (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 123 East 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.