A family name on William Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Davieses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Davies at two addresses in 1940, all on William Street, 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
1737 William Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F Davis, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: elva court at 1727 and J Brecknell at 1741. The block, door by door
- 2
2722 William Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs Mabel Davis, a presser at the Jantzen Knit Mills 1940
Next door in 1940: C T Pughe at 2718 and A Young at 2726. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a presser.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 F Davis at 1737 William Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Davis there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mabel Davis at 2722 William Street, a presser at the Jantzen Knit Mills.
Today
2722 William still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1737 William, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Davis F1737 William, p. 168
- Davis Frank retired1737 William, p. 151
- Davis Mrs Mabel prsr Jantzen Knit Mills2722 William, 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.