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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dews

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Dew 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. The most under one roof: three Dews at 1240 East 14th in 1940.

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Where the Dews lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    968 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M Dew, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Morrison at 962 and Mrs M J Howarth at 974. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1144 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • Harold Dew, a school teacher at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Seto at 1142. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1240 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J W Dew, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Doug G Dew 1940
    • William J Dew, a clerk at BC Sugar 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Hipwell at 1232 and J Campbell at 1254. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    843 East 22nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Dew 1940
    • George A Dew, a music teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Harrison at 829 and B Kersey at 847. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a clerk, a conductor, a music teacher and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs M Dew at 968 Cardero 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 Margaret Dew there as the householder, widow of J. The 1940 name section lists Harold Dew at 1144 Cardero Street, a school teacher at the City of Vancouver.

J W Dew is listed at 1240 East 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John W Dew there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with Doug G Dew, and William J Dew, a clerk at BC Sugar. J Dew is listed at 843 East 22nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Dew there as the householder, with George A Dew, a music teacher.

Today

968 Cardero, 1240 East 14th and 843 East 22nd still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1144 Cardero, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.