A family name on West 39th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, Shaughnessy 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 39th 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
- 1
3506 West 39th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs E G L R Davies 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss S M Kortum at 3514. The block, door by door
- 2
3741 West 39th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs E A Davis, widow of A J 1940
- Lillian E Davis, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C D Dunn at 3707 and Mrs P V Wilson at 3749. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: an operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2). 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 E G L R Davies at 3506 West 39th Avenue. Mrs E A Davis is listed at 3741 West 39th Avenue in 1940; 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 Ellen A Davis there as the householder, widow of A J, with Lillian E Davis, an operator at the BC Telephone.
Today
3506 West 39th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3741 West 39th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Davies Mrs E G L R3506 West 39th, p. 256
- *Davis Mrs E A3741 West 39th, p. 256
- Davis Ellen A wid A J3741 West 39th, p. 151
- Davis Lillian E opr BC Tel3741 West 39th, p. 152
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.