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A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Davieses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Davies at five addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway, 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

    536 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Arthur H Davies, proprietor of A H Davies Home Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Harris at 534 and A M Shorman at 550. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1444 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss A M Davis 1940
    • Alice M Davis 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Juyn at 1424 and Forst's Ltd at 1458. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1533 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • H E Davies, proprietor of White Star Pharmacy 1940

    Next door in 1940: Holt's Dairy Lunch at 1523 and Sta D Postal at 1535. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2352 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Llewelyn Davies, a cutter for J Watson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss C Boswell at 2348 and Mrs C D Shannon at 2356. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3842 West Broadway

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R C Davis, a carpenter at Imperial Oil 1940
    • Geoff B Davis, a radio announcer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J N King at 3836 and G Simpson at 3850. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a proprietor (2), a carpenter, a cutter and a radio announcer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Kitsilano 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur H Davies at 536 West Broadway, proprietor of A H Davies Home Bakeries. Miss A M Davis is listed at 1444 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alice M Davis there as the householder.

H E Davies is listed at 1533 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Henry E Davies there as the householder, proprietor of White Star Pharmacy. The 1940 name section lists Llewelyn Davies at 2352 West Broadway, a cutter for J Watson.

In 1940 the directory lists R C Davis at 3842 West Broadway; 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 C Davis there as the householder, a carpenter at Imperial Oil, with Geoff B Davis, a radio announcer.

Today

3842 West Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1936 by the City's record; 2352 West Broadway (1968) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 536 West Broadway, 1444 West Broadway and 1533 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Davieses

Every directory, as one book

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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.