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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Davieses

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at six addresses

The directories print ten people named Davies at six addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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 most under one roof: three Davieses at 4360 West 8th in 1940. 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

    1455 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G H Davies 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gowen Sutton Co Ltd at 1445 and S McMaster at 1495. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1684 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A Davis, a foreman at the Burrard Shipyard & Engineering Works 1940
    • Stan J W Davis, an electrician engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E C Wintle at 1670. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2485 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L Davis, a pipe fitter 1940

    Next door in 1940: F D Jeffs at 2475 and Mrs M G Lambert at 2495. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4046 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J A Davies, a secretary at Empire Stevedoring 1940
    • Maude R Davies, a secretary to manager at Pacific Lime 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Borrie at 4056. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4360 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W H Davis, a see at Bowes Music House 1940
    • Don W Davis, a clerk 1940
    • Ken H Davis, a postman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W L P Murison at 4358 and R C Parker at 4368. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4606 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W H Davis, an organist at the St Paul's Anglican Church 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M Bailey at 4616. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the ten: a clerk, an electrician engineer, a foreman, an organist, a pipe fitter and a postman, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (3), Fairview (2) and Kitsilano. 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 G H Davies at 1455 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George H Davies there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists A Davis at 1684 West 8th 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 Arthur Davis there as the householder, a foreman at the Burrard Shipyard & Engineering Works, with Stan J W Davis, an electrician engineer.

In 1940 the directory lists L Davis at 2485 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Louis Davis there as the householder, a pipe fitter. In 1940 the directory lists J A Davies at 4046 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James A Davies there as the householder, a secretary at Empire Stevedoring, with Maude R Davies, a secretary to manager at Pacific Lime.

In 1940 the directory lists W H Davis at 4360 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists W Herbert Davis there as the householder, a see at Bowes Music House, with Don W Davis, a clerk, and Ken H Davis, a postman. In 1940 the directory lists W H Davis at 4606 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William H Davis there as the householder, an organist at the St Paul's Anglican Church.

Today

1455 West 8th and 4046 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1455 West 8th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4606 West 8th (1970) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1684 West 8th, 2485 West 8th and 4360 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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.