A family name on Pendrell Street, West End
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 Pendrell 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
1120 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- Bobell Davis, a stenographer at Vancouver Pacific Paper 1940
- Grace Davis, a bookkeeper 1940
Next door in 1940: V Benn at 1118 and J W Macfarlane at 1140. The block, door by door
- 2
1656 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- William T Davis 1940
Next door in 1940: D A Jamieson at 1650 and J Doyle at 1662. The block, door by door
- 3
1670 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs S J Davis, widow of T 1940
- Thomas E Davis, a salesman at Shinnicks Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: J Doyle at 1662 and Miss A Meredith at 1676. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a bookkeeper, a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 Bobell Davis at 1120 Pendrell Street, a stenographer at Vancouver Pacific Paper, with Grace Davis, a bookkeeper. The 1940 name section lists William T Davis at 1656 Pendrell Street. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S J Davis, rooms to let, at 1670 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists Sarah J Davis there, widow of T, with Thomas E Davis, a salesman at Shinnicks Ltd.
Today
The City no longer lists 1120 Pendrell, 1656 Pendrell and 1670 Pendrell, 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.
- Davis Bobell sten Van Pac Paper1120 Pendrell, p. 151
- Davis Grace bkpr1120 Pendrell, p. 151
- Davis Wm T1656 Pendrell, p. 152
- Davis Mrs S J rooms1670 Pendrell, p. 132
- Davis Sarah J wid T1670 Pendrell, p. 152
- Davis Thos E slsmn Shinnicks Ltd1670 Pendrell, p. 152
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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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.