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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Deightons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Deighton at three 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 Deightons 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

    601 Bute Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Ernest L Deighton, an agent at North American Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs D E Macnaughton at 647. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    7573 Prince Edward Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • G H Deighton, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Cornish at 7505. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3156 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Lucy E Deighton, widow of W J 1940

    Next door in 1940: E White at 3116 and W H Mackee at 3168. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: an agent. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kerrisdale and Sunset. 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 Ernest L Deighton at 601 Bute Street, an agent at North American Life. G H Deighton is listed at 7573 Prince Edward 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 George H Deighton there, retired. The 1940 name section lists Lucy E Deighton at 3156 West 42nd Avenue, widow of W J.

Today

601 Bute still has its building from before 1946, dated 1909 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 7573 Prince Edward (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3156 West 42nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Deightons

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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.