A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Dermotts
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Dermott at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Dermotts lived
Collingwood
- 1
4236 Commercial Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J Dermott, a laborer 1940
- Edmund Dermott, a physician instructor at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: A Duffus at 4218 and J C Gowanlock at 4244. The block, door by door
- 2
3407 East 28th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- B Dermott, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: F C Carroll at 3403 and A West at 3443. The block, door by door
- 3
2519 Kingsway
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- Mrs G Dermott, a waitress at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Kidd at 2505 and G W Sisco at 2521. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a laborer, a physician instructor, a salesman and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 J Dermott at 4236 Commercial Street; 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 Joseph Dermott there as the householder, a laborer, with Edmund Dermott, a physician instructor at the BC Government. In 1940 the directory lists B Dermott at 3407 East 28th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Bernard Dermott there as the householder, a salesman.
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs G Dermott at 2519 Kingsway. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Gladys Dermott there as the householder, a waitress at Spencer's.
Today
4236 Commercial (2007), 3407 East 28th (1994) and 2519 Kingsway (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Dermott J4236 Commercial, p. 34
- Dermott Edmund phys instr BC Govt4236 Commercial, p. 157
- Dermott Jos lab4236 Commercial, p. 157
- Dermott B3407 East 28th, p. 244
- Dermott Bernard slsmn3407 East 28th, p. 157
- Dermott Mrs G2519 Kingsway, p. 98
- Dermott Mrs G2519 Kingsway, p. 98
- Dermott Mrs Gladys waitress Spencers2519 Kingsway, p. 157
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Dermotts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Dermott 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.