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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Davieses

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at ten addresses

The directories print eleven people named Davies at ten addresses in 1940, all on Granville 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

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

    751 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Maud Davis, proprietor of Municipal Birth Control Centre 1940

    Next door in 1940: Orpheum Hosiery Shop at 749 and Aloha Hat Shop at 755. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    936 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Ruby Davies, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ladies My at 932 and New Palace Cafe at 938. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1168 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T Davis 1940

    Next door in 1940: Martin Hotel at 1176. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1212 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Charles H Davis, a janitor at the Bank of Nova Scotia 1940

    Next door in 1940: Apex Furn at 1210 and Baggage City at 1214. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1221 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Sid H Davis 1940

    Next door in 1940: Snap-On Tools of Can at 1211 and T Ishida at 1227. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1261 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Gladys Davies 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wosk's Ltd at 1259 and Crescent Furn at 1267. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2027 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • P L C Davies, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: M L A Van Alken at 2025 and C Thomas at 2031. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2635 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs H M Davis, a baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Sickelmore at 2633 and Richfield Dairy Lunch at 2675. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    7622 Granville Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • C D Davis, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss F C Hardwick at 7608. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    7977 Granville Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • R P Davis, a baker 1940
    • Roland H Davis 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Ashmore at 7963 and C G Burrows at 7991. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eleven: a baker, a carpenter, a clerk, an employee, a janitor and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (6), Fairview (2) and Marpole (2). 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 Mrs Maud Davis at 751 Granville Street, proprietor of Municipal Birth Control Centre. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ruby Davies at 936 Granville Street, who worked for the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists T Davis at 1168 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Davis there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Charles H Davis at 1212 Granville Street, a janitor at the Bank of Nova Scotia. The 1940 name section lists Sid H Davis at 1221 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Gladys Davies at 1261 Granville Street.

P L C Davies is listed at 2027 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Percy L C Davies there, a clerk. Mrs H M Davis, a baker, is listed at 2635 Granville Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists C D Davis at 7622 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Charles D Davis there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists R P Davis at 7977 Granville Street; 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 Roland P Davis there as the householder, a baker, with Roland H Davis.

Today

936 Granville, 1212 Granville, 1221 Granville and 1261 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; 7622 Granville (1953) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 751 Granville, 1168 Granville, 2027 Granville, 2635 Granville and 7977 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 7977 Granville: no archive photo of the 7900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 15 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Davieses

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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.