A family name on West 31st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands and Arbutus Ridge
The Davieses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Davies at two addresses in 1940, all on West 31st Avenue, with the close spelling Davis. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
Ridge
- 1
2705 West 31st Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- E F H Davis, an accountant at BC Underwriters 1940
Next door in 1940: G A Wyness at 2715. The block, door by door
- 2
3420 West 31st Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- T C Davies 1940
- Mona G Davies, a stenographer at Employers Liability Assce 1940
Next door in 1940: V A Beaumont at 3408 and W F Duncan at 3432. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an accountant and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 E F H Davis at 2705 West 31st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists E F Hartley Davis there as the householder, an accountant at BC Underwriters. In 1940 the directory lists T C Davies at 3420 West 31st 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 Thomas C Davies there as the householder, with Mona G Davies, a stenographer at Employers Liability Assce.
Today
2705 West 31st and 3420 West 31st still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Davis E F H2705 West 31st, p. 247
- Davis E F Hartley acct BC Underwrtrs2705 West 31st, p. 151
- *Davies T C3420 West 31st, p. 247
- Davies Mona G sten Employers Liability Assce3420 West 31st, p. 151
- Davies Thos C G retired3420 West 31st, p. 151
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.