Vancouver / Names / D / Davies / West 3rd Avenue

A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Davieses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Davies at four addresses in 1940, all on West 3rd 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.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

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

    2179 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W B Davies, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs I Leonard at 2181. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2230 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H E Davies 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Asbridge at 2216 and G M Ferguson at 2236. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3523 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R D Davies, an agent for H M Fullerton 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Orr at 3517 and C H Merritt at 3529. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3628 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • M R Davis, an assistant supervisor at United Cigar 1940

    Next door in 1940: E N Drier at 3624 and Mrs C Cowan at 3636. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an agent, an assistant supervisor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (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

In 1940 the directory lists W B Davies at 2179 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Walter B Davies there as the householder, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists H E Davies at 2230 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harold E Davies there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists R D Davies at 3523 West 3rd 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 Reginald D Davies there as the householder, an agent for H M Fullerton. In 1940 the directory lists M R Davis at 3628 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Milton R Davis there as the householder, an assistant supervisor at United Cigar.

Today

2230 West 3rd, 3523 West 3rd and 3628 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 3628 West 3rd on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2179 West 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.