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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Derksons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Derkson at four 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 Derksons 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

    1627 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Archibald R Derkson, a branch manager at Owl Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: G F Cunliffe at 1619 and Mrs M S Burton at 1635. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    718 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C E Derkson, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Birks H & Sons (BC) Ltd at 710 and scott's cafe at 722. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1906 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Peter H Derkson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A S Hobson at 1928. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2917 West 33rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C E Derkson, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: T W Malley at 2911 and L S McKinnon at 2929. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a branch manager and a physician.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 Archibald R Derkson at 1627 Barclay Street, a branch manager at Owl Drug. C E Derkson, a physician, is listed at 718 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Peter H Derkson at 1906 Nelson Street.

C E Derkson is listed at 2917 West 33rd Avenue 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 Carl E Derkson there as the householder, a physician.

Today

1906 Nelson (1959) and 2917 West 33rd (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1627 Barclay and 718 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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 Derksons

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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.