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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Daykins

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Daykin at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Daykins lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1485 Maple Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs G Daykin 1940
    • Cecilia C Daykin, a cashier at Woodward's 1940
  2. 2

    1155 Melville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E Daykin, a winchman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H L Smith at 1153 and J G Christie at 1157. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2665 Waterloo Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A K Daykin, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Girardot at 2655 and W E Wait at 2675. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2305 West 41st Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • A N Daykin, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: C M Carere at 2303 and manor gardens at 2307. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2836 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • A N Daykin, a barrister & notary public 1940
    • Victor A Daykin, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: C L B Brown at 2848. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a barrister, a cashier, a school janitor and a winchman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Arbutus Ridge, Downtown and Kerrisdale. 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 Mrs G Daykin at 1485 Maple Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Gertrude Daykin there as the householder, with Cecilia C Daykin, a cashier at Woodward's. In 1940 the directory lists E Daykin at 1155 Melville Street. The 1940 name section lists Edward Daykin there as the householder, a winchman.

In 1940 the directory lists A K Daykin at 2665 Waterloo Street; 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 Albert K Daykin there as the householder, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists A N Daykin, a barrister, at 2305 West 41st Avenue.

A N Daykin is listed at 2836 West 42nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred N Daykin there as the householder, a barrister & notary public, with Victor A Daykin, a student.

Today

2665 Waterloo (2020) and 2836 West 42nd (1972) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1485 Maple, 1155 Melville and 2305 West 41st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Women beside a car on unpaved Maple Street, among them Maud Boscawen Matthews, with a plank sidewalk beside it
1912 Women beside a car on unpaved Maple Street, among them Maud Boscawen Matthews, with a plank sidewalk beside it. Not at the house at 1485 Maple: no archive photo of the 1400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P90.08. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 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.