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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Davieses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Davies at five addresses in 1940, all on West 13th 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 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

    146 West 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • B G Davies, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: T H Fleming at 134 and H C Lecky at 150. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2965 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F A E Davis, proprietor of the Automotive Radio Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Wood at 2955 and E Yuill at 2973. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3432 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Margaret K Davies 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S H Edwards at 3424 and Mrs C J Knight at 3458. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3581 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A E Davis, a branch manager at Owl Drug 1940
    • H Kathleen Davis, a stenographer at BC Lumber Survey 1940

    Next door in 1940: N MacDonald at 3573 and D McPherson at 3591. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4548 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • T Davis, a salesman at Dominion Rubber 1940
    • John S Davis, a clerk at Shell Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R Fraser at 4544 and E H McIntyre at 4556. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a branch manager, a clerk, a conductor, a proprietor, a salesman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 B G Davies at 146 West 13th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Bertrand G Davies there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists F A E Davis at 2965 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Franklin A E Davis there as the householder, proprietor of the Automotive Radio Service.

The 1940 name section lists Margaret K Davies at 3432 West 13th Avenue. A E Davis is listed at 3581 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Allan E Davis there as the householder, a branch manager at Owl Drug, with H Kathleen Davis, a stenographer at BC Lumber Survey.

T Davis is listed at 4548 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Davis there as the householder, a salesman at Dominion Rubber, with John S Davis, a clerk at Shell Oil.

Today

2965 West 13th, 3432 West 13th, 3581 West 13th and 4548 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 146 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.