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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dempseys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Dempsey 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 Dempseys 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

    2061 East 39th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Sadie E Dempsey, widow of G 1940

    Next door in 1940: W L Yates at 2041 and W T Harrison at 2085. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2218 East 47th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Mrs E M Dempsey, widow of B F 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Gosse at 2208 and W Lawadnuk at 2226. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6912 Knight Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mrs E A Dempsey 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Ross at 6904 and P T Mitchell at 6928. The block, door by door

What they did

Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 Sadie E Dempsey at 2061 East 39th Avenue, widow of G. Mrs E M Dempsey is listed at 2218 East 47th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ethel M Dempsey there as the householder, widow of B F.

Mrs E A Dempsey is listed at 6912 Knight 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 Mrs Edith A Dempsey there as the householder.

Today

2061 East 39th and 6912 Knight still have their buildings from before 1946; 2218 East 47th (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Dempseys

Every directory, as one book

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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.