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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The De Juliuses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named De Julius at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three De Juliuses at 712 Hawks in 1940.

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Where the De Juliuses 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

    1424 Frances Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J De Julius, a warehouseman at Shanahan's 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Reid at 1422. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    712 Hawks Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • E De Julius, proprietor of the Lakewood Apartments 1940
    • Mamie De Julius 1940
    • Olviero De Julius, a framer at Vancouver Frame & Chair 1940

    Next door in 1940: N D Tomaso at 708 and A Di Palma at 716. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    797 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • M De Julius, a warehouseman at Shanahan's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Nelsen & Co at 795 and Chong Tai Lee at 799. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a warehouseman (2), a framer and a proprietor. Two of them worked for Shanahan's.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 De Julius at 1424 Frances Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John De Julius there as the householder, a warehouseman at Shanahan's. In 1940 the directory lists E De Julius at 712 Hawks 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 lists Emidio De Julius there as the householder, proprietor of the Lakewood Apartments, with Mamie De Julius, and Olviero De Julius, a framer at Vancouver Frame & Chair.

In 1940 the directory lists M De Julius at 797 Keefer Street. The 1940 name section lists Mario De Julius there as the householder, a warehouseman at Shanahan's.

Today

712 Hawks still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record; 1424 Frances (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 797 Keefer, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.