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A family name on Hamilton Street, Downtown

The Davieses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Davies at four addresses in 1940, all on Hamilton 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

    569 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T Davis 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Blakeman at 567 and B C Printers Supply at 571. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    609 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R Davies, a machinist 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Beynon at 607. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    729 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Davies, a flagman at the National Harbours Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: A V Wilson at 727 and davies j & sons at 731. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    731 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Davies, proprietor of J Davies & Sons and Abarard Kennels and a manager at Central Painting 1940
    • L Phylip Davies 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Davies at 729. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a flagman, a machinist and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 T Davis at 569 Hamilton Street. R Davies is listed at 609 Hamilton Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Richard Davies there as the householder, a machinist.

J Davies is listed at 729 Hamilton Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John Davies there as the householder, a flagman at the National Harbours Board. J Davies is listed at 731 Hamilton 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 Jonathan Davies there as the householder, proprietor of J Davies & Sons and Abarard Kennels and a manager at Central Painting, with L Phylip Davies.

Today

The City no longer lists 569 Hamilton, 609 Hamilton, 729 Hamilton and 731 Hamilton, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, 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.