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A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown

The Davieses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Davies at five addresses in 1940, all on Robson 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

    715 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs A Davis, widow of W 1940
    • Charles B Davis, a dispatcher at BC Motor Transportation 1940

    Next door in 1940: Badette Barbara at 711 and Star Loan Co at 719. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1030 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Bert Davis 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss F Brand at 1028 and Robson Farm Mkt at 1032. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1425 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Marion Davies 1940
    • Sarah Davies 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Ramsay at 1415 and J J Mansfield at 1431. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1542 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Frederick Davies, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Broatch at 1536 and H Bate at 1588. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1875 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs J Davies 1940
    • David D Davis, a bookkeeper at Ker & Ker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Berridge at 1859. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a bookkeeper, a clerk and a dispatcher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4) and Downtown. 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

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Davis at 715 Robson Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Anne Davis there as the householder, widow of W, with Charles B Davis, a dispatcher at BC Motor Transportation. The 1940 name section lists Bert Davis at 1030 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Marion Davies at 1425 Robson Street, with Sarah Davies.

The 1940 name section lists Frederick Davies at 1542 Robson Street, a clerk. Mrs J Davies is listed at 1875 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Jennie Davies there as the householder, with David D Davis, a bookkeeper at Ker & Ker.

Today

1030 Robson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1542 Robson (1978) and 1875 Robson (1963) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 715 Robson and 1425 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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.