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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dendyses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Dendys at two addresses in 1940 in Grandview-Woodland. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Dendyses at 1315 Parker in 1940.

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Where the Dendyses 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

    2096 East Pender Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • E J Dendys, a millworker at Hammond's 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Cullen at 2090. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1315 Parker Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs A Dendys, widow of J 1940
    • Louise Dendys 1940
    • R Dendys, a millworker at Hammond's 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a millworker (2). Two of them worked for Hammond's. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2). 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 E J Dendys at 2096 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Emil J Dendys there as the householder, a millworker at Hammond's. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Dendys at 1315 Parker Street. The 1940 name section lists Annie Dendys there as the householder, widow of J, with Louise Dendys, and R Dendys, a millworker at Hammond's.

Today

The City no longer lists 2096 East Pender and 1315 Parker, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret
1932 Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret. Not at the house at 1315 Parker: no archive photo of the 1300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4161. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Dendyses

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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.