A family name on East 19th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Davieses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Davies at two addresses in 1940, all on East 19th Avenue, with the close spelling Davis. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. 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
- 1
255 East 19th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- T D Davies, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: M R F McLeod at 245 and F Campbell at 257. The block, door by door
- 2
1225 East 19th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- V P Davies, who worked for the CNR 1940
- Paul P Davies 1940
Next door in 1940: J Henderson at 1219 and J D Ure at 1233. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: an on active service.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 T D Davies at 255 East 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas D Davies there as the householder, on active service. In 1940 the directory lists V P Davies at 1225 East 19th 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 lists Vincent P Davies there as the householder, who worked for the CNR, with Paul P Davies.
Today
The City no longer lists 255 East 19th and 1225 East 19th, 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.
- Davies T D255 East 19th, p. 228
- Davies Thos D act serv255 East 19th, p. 151
- *Davies V P1225 East 19th, p. 228
- Davies Paul P1225 East 19th, p. 151
- Davies Vincent P suprvr boarding car dept CNR1225 East 19th, p. 151
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Davieses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Davies 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.