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A family name on East 52nd Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney

The Davieses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Davies at three addresses in 1940, all on East 52nd 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 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

    126 East 52nd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W E Davies, retired 1940
    • Margaret Davies, a stenographer at R McNair Shingle 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Halls at 106 and H L Gillies at 156. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1886 East 52nd Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • R M Davies 1940
    • Hiram G Davies, a sales manager at Canadian John Wood 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Chedd at 1846 and J Davis at 1888. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1888 East 52nd Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • J Davis, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: R M Davies at 1886. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a laborer, a sales manager and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Victoria-Fraserview (2) and Sunset. 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 W E Davies at 126 East 52nd 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 William E Davies there as the householder, retired, with Margaret Davies, a stenographer at R McNair Shingle. In 1940 the directory lists R M Davies at 1886 East 52nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Rhys M Davies there as the householder, with Hiram G Davies, a sales manager at Canadian John Wood.

In 1940 the directory lists J Davis at 1888 East 52nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Davis there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

126 East 52nd (2017), 1886 East 52nd (1979) and 1888 East 52nd (1973) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.