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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Deakins

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Deakin at seven addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Dakin. 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 Deakins 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

    1308 Beach Avenue

    West End, 1940

    • F Dakin, a clerk at the Customs 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E A Ellett at 1306 and E J Clark at 1312. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1368 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H W Dakin, a linotype layer 1940
    • Charles R Dakin, a linotype layer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Makovkin at 1362 and T M Wilson at 1376. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3557 East 47th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • J Deakin, a butcher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D Cartwright Jr at 3561. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3186 East 4th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H Deakin, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: K R Copeland at 3180 and J McEwan at 3192. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1957 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Laurence A Dakin, an engineer at the Airport 1940

    Next door in 1940: W K Morris at 1949 and J F Breitenbach at 1963. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    564 Nanaimo Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W Deakin, a helper at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M L Smith at 554 and W H Morrison at 574. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4082 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Miss M E Deakin 1940
    • Mabel E Deakin, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: R R Orr at 4066 and A J Dodd at 4086. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the nine: a linotype layer (2), a butcher, a clerk, an engineer, a helper and a laborer, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Killarney, West End and West Point Grey. 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 Dakin at 1308 Beach Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Francis Dakin there as the householder, a clerk at the Customs. In 1940 the directory lists H W Dakin at 1368 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harold W Dakin there as the householder, a linotype layer, with Charles R Dakin, a linotype layer.

In 1940 the directory lists J Deakin at 3557 East 47th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Deakin there as the householder, a butcher. In 1940 the directory lists H Deakin at 3186 East 4th 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 Henry Deakin there as the householder, a laborer.

The 1940 name section lists Laurence A Dakin at 1957 East 7th Avenue, an engineer at the Airport. W Deakin is listed at 564 Nanaimo Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Deakin there as the householder, a helper at the Hudson's Bay Company.

Miss M E Deakin is listed at 4082 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mabel E Deakin there as the householder, a nurse.

Today

1368 East 11th, 1957 East 7th and 4082 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1308 Beach (1972), 3557 East 47th (2007) and 3186 East 4th (2000) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 564 Nanaimo, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.