A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The DeMores
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named DeMore at one address, 2539 East 28th Avenue in Renfrew-Collingwood, in 1940.
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The DeMores at home
Collingwood
- 1
2539 East 28th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- W H DeMore, a dealer for J R Watkins 1940
- Louella V De More 1940
Next door in 1940: C A Dunn at 2535 and Mrs C McTaggart at 2569. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a dealer.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 W H DeMore at 2539 East 28th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William H De More there as the householder, a dealer for J R Watkins, with Louella V De More.
Today
2539 East 28th (1976) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *DeMore W H2539 East 28th, p. 243
- De More Louella V2539 East 28th, p. 156
- De More Wm H dlr J R Watkins2539 East 28th, p. 156
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the DeMores
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the DeMore name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.