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A family name on West 4th 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 4th 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

    2355 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • B M Davis, of M and M Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Salon Style at 2341 and Lending Library Clifton at 2357. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2622 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W R Davies, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Bloomfield at 2620 and J H Barclay at 2672. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3182 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T A Davis, a clerk at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C Aldcroft at 3174 and Don Brace at 3192. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4786 West 4th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • O G Davis, a logging superintendent 1940

    Next door in 1940: A B Morrison at 4776 and G H Swain at 4796. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a logging superintendent and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) 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 M Davis at 2355 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists B Meryl Davis there as the householder, of M and M Confectionery. In 1940 the directory lists W R Davies at 2622 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred R Davies there as the householder, a salesman.

In 1940 the directory lists T A Davis at 3182 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Thomas A Davis there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office. In 1940 the directory lists O G Davis at 4786 West 4th 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 Otis G Davis there as the householder, a logging superintendent.

Today

4786 West 4th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2355 West 4th, 2622 West 4th and 3182 West 4th, so those buildings are 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

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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.