A family name on East Cordova Street, Strathcona and Downtown
The Davieses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Davies at three addresses in 1940, all on East Cordova Street, 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
- 1
309 East Cordova Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Gwladys Davies 1940
Next door in 1940: St James Ang Clergy House at 303 and S Izukawa at 347. The block, door by door
- 2
734 East Cordova Street
Strathcona, 1940
- G Davis, a machinist operator at American Can 1940
- Michael Davis, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: S Fukunaga at 726 and S Ichien at 738. The block, door by door
- 3
852 East Cordova Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Eva Davis 1940
Next door in 1940: S Haru at 846 and T Tanaka at 856. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a laborer and a machinist operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (3). 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 Gwladys Davies at 309 East Cordova Street. G Davis is listed at 734 East Cordova Street 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 George Davis there as the householder, a laborer, with George Davis Jr, a machinist operator at American Can, and Michael Davis, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Eva Davis at 852 East Cordova Street.
Today
309 East Cordova still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 734 East Cordova and 852 East Cordova, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Davies Gwladys309 East Cordova, p. 150
- *Davis G734 East Cordova, p. 36
- Davis Geo lab734 East Cordova, p. 151
- Davis Geo Jr mach opr Am Can734 East Cordova, p. 151
- Davis Michl lab734 East Cordova, p. 152
- Davis Eva852 East Cordova, p. 151
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.