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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Denneys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Denney at five 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 Denneys 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

    2035 East 2nd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C W Denney, a laborer at Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: H T Grey at 2033 and J P Minot at 2061. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1235 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Solomon E Denney, proprietor of the Bon Accord Rooms 1940

    Next door in 1940: Skinner-Atkins at 1233 and W R Hay at 1243. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2108 Turner Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • E C Denney, a chauffeur at Reliable Taxi 1940

    Next door in 1940: N J Holdgate at 2106 and J Boskovich at 2118. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1966 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R J Denney 1940
    • John H T Denney, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F A Thirkell at 1956 and N M Lean at 1976. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1830 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Denney, a painter 1940
    • E Irene Denney, a packer at Swifts 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Cuthbert at 1820 and A Gray at 1832. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a chauffeur, a laborer, a millworker, a packer, a painter and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Kitsilano (2) and Downtown. 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 C W Denney at 2035 East 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles W Denney there as the householder, a laborer at Burns & Co. The 1940 name section lists Solomon E Denney at 1235 Hornby Street, proprietor of the Bon Accord Rooms.

E C Denney is listed at 2108 Turner Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ernest C Denney there as the householder, a chauffeur at Reliable Taxi. R J Denney is listed at 1966 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Rowland J Denney there as the householder, with John H T Denney, a millworker.

A Denney is listed at 1830 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Denney there as the householder, a painter, with Alfred Denney Jr, and E Irene Denney, a packer at Swifts.

Today

1966 West 14th (2000) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2035 East 2nd, 1235 Hornby, 2108 Turner and 1830 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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.