A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Dawsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Dawson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 5th Avenue. 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 62 other streets too, all listed on the Dawson name's own page.
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Where the Dawsons lived
- 1
2365 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- J A Dawson, a manufacturers agent 1940
- Doreen Dawson, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss H L B Bickerton at 2355 and A Haigh at 2377. The block, door by door
- 2
2651 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- E G Dawson, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: C Pawlett at 2645. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a manufacturers agent, an on active service and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 J A Dawson at 2365 West 5th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists James A Dawson there as the householder, a manufacturers agent, with Doreen Dawson, a saleswoman at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists E G Dawson at 2651 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ernest G Dawson there as the householder, on active service.
Today
2651 West 5th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 2365 West 5th (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Dawson J A2365 West 5th, p. 185
- Dawson Doreen slswm Spencer's2365 West 5th, p. 152
- Dawson Jas A mfrs agt 309, 319 W Pender2365 West 5th, p. 153
- Dawson E G2651 West 5th, p. 185
- Dawson Ernest G act serv2651 West 5th, p. 152
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Dawsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Dawson 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.