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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Daytons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Dayton at six addresses in 1940 in three 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 Daytons 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

    1166 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Harold Deayton, a photographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Auto Metal & Radiator at 1160 and W A Webster at 1172. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3689 Cartier Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • W H Dayton, retired 1940
    • Phyllis B Dayton 1940
  3. 3

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Fern A Dayton, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1277 Nanton Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mrs R Dayton, widow of H W 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Lipsett at 1263 and C Ramage at 1295. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1344 Nanton Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • C D Dayton, a manager at Motordrome 1940

    Next door in 1940: L A Rines at 1332 and I Dilworth at 1356. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    896 West 61st Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • E F Dayton, a dairyman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Black at 870. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a dairyman, a manager, a nurse and a photographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Shaughnessy (3), West End (2) and Marpole. 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 Harold Deayton at 1166 Alberni Street, a photographer. W H Dayton is listed at 3689 Cartier Street in 1940; 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 William H Dayton there as the householder, retired, with Phyllis B Dayton. The 1940 name section lists Fern A Dayton at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs R Dayton at 1277 Nanton Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Rebecca Dayton there as the householder, widow of H W. In 1940 the directory lists C D Dayton at 1344 Nanton Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles D Dayton there as the householder, a manager at Motordrome.

In 1940 the directory lists E F Dayton at 896 West 61st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest F Dayton there as the householder, a dairyman.

Today

3689 Cartier, 1277 Nanton and 1344 Nanton still have their buildings from before 1946, 3689 Cartier on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1166 Alberni (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox and 896 West 61st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue
About 1920 Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue. Not at the house at 3689 Cartier: no archive photo of the 3600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, FD P44. 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Daytons

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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.