A family name on Richards Street, Downtown
The Davieses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Davies at three addresses in 1940, all on Richards 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
712 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- Norman R Davis, a route foreman at Jersey Farms 1940
Next door in 1940: J Fukuhara at 714. The block, door by door
- 2
1062 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- D D Davies, a salesman at Rainier Packing 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs D Fedler at 1058 and R K Kinnear at 1076. The block, door by door
- 3
1280 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- Arthur Davis 1940
Next door in 1940: Mansell T A Co at 1272 and F H Wiley at 1296. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a route foreman and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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 Norman R Davis at 712 Richards Street, a route foreman at Jersey Farms. D D Davies is listed at 1062 Richards Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists D Dewi Davies there as the householder, a salesman at Rainier Packing. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Davis at 1280 Richards Street.
Today
1280 Richards (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1062 Richards, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 712 Richards, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Davis Norman R route formn Jersey Farms712 Richards, p. 152
- Davies D D1062 Richards, p. 142
- Davies D Dewi slsmn Rainier Pkg1062 Richards, p. 150
- Davis Arth1280 Richards, 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.