A family name on West 34th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Davieses
In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses
The directories print six people named Davies at four addresses in 1940, all on West 34th 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
- 1
2986 West 34th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Dorothy C Davies, a waitress 1940
- Eleanor A Davies, widow of T H 1940
Next door in 1940: A Sinclair at 2978 and J Barclay at 2998. The block, door by door
- 2
3025 West 34th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Jack B Davis, a miner 1940
Next door in 1940: J Kenny at 3041. The block, door by door
- 3
3457 West 34th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W H Davis, a commercial traveller 1940
- Edna M Davis 1940
Next door in 1940: F J Flahiff at 3441 and R B Spears at 3475. The block, door by door
- 4
4028 West 34th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- D Davies, a manager for A B Balderston 1940
Next door in 1940: R H N Whiting at 4022. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a commercial traveller, a manager used cars, a miner and a waitress. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (4). 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 Dorothy C Davies at 2986 West 34th Avenue, a waitress, with Eleanor A Davies, widow of T H. The 1940 name section lists Jack B Davis at 3025 West 34th Avenue, a miner. In 1940 the directory lists W H Davis at 3457 West 34th 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 Wilfred H Davis there as the householder, a commercial traveller, with Edna M Davis.
In 1940 the directory lists D Davies at 4028 West 34th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists David Davies there as the householder, a manager for A B Balderston.
Today
3025 West 34th and 3457 West 34th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2986 West 34th (2002) and 4028 West 34th (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Davies Dorothy C waitress2986 West 34th, p. 150
- Davies Eleanor A wid T H2986 West 34th, p. 150
- Davis Jack B miner3025 West 34th, p. 151
- *Davis W H3457 West 34th, p. 250
- Davis Edna M3457 West 34th, p. 151
- Davis Wilfd H coml trav3457 West 34th, p. 152
- *Davies D4028 West 34th, p. 250
- Davies David mgr used cars A B Balderston4028 West 34th, p. 150
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.