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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Davieses

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at six addresses

The directories print ten people named Davies at six addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue, 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 most under one roof: three Davieses at 4114 West 10th in 1940. 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

    1847 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Esther Davis, a housekeeper for A A Dudley 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Wiley at 1845 and R Hill at 1855. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3259 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L Davis, a salesman 1940
    • Jack Davis, a bookkeeper at Davis Junk 1940

    Next door in 1940: B M Summers at 3255 and S Shine at 3263. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3305 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Luella Davies, a saleswoman at Curtain Shop 1940
    • W Morris Davies, proprietor of Curtain Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: R L Auld at 3315. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4105 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Dr H R L Davis 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A White at 4111. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4114 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C L Davis, a builder 1940
    • Murray L Davis, a clerk 1940
    • Russell L Davis, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Bottger at 4106 and G S Barker at 4118. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4436 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • G H Davies, a blacksmith at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: Masonic Hall at 4426 and W A J Evelle at 4438. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the ten: a blacksmith, a bookkeeper, a builder, a clerk, a housekeeper and a proprietor, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) and West Point Grey (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 Mrs Esther Davis at 1847 West 10th Avenue, a housekeeper for A A Dudley. L Davis is listed at 3259 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Leon Davis there as the householder, a salesman, with Jack Davis, a bookkeeper at Davis Junk. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Luella Davies at 3305 West 10th Avenue, a saleswoman at Curtain Shop, with W Morris Davies, proprietor of Curtain Shop.

In 1940 the directory lists Dr H R L Davis at 4105 West 10th Avenue; 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 Henry R L Davis there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists C L Davis at 4114 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Chris L Davis there as the householder, a builder, with Murray L Davis, a clerk, and Russell L Davis, a student at UBC.

The 1940 name section lists G H Davies at 4436 West 10th Avenue, a blacksmith at the CPR.

Today

3259 West 10th and 3305 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1847 West 10th, 4105 West 10th, 4114 West 10th and 4436 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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.