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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Deys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Dey at six addresses in 1940 in five 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 Deys 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

    475 Bute Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs B Dey, a biller for Kelly Douglas 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Mattocks at 407. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1260 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Georgia Dey, a vocalist 1940

    Next door in 1940: D H Withers at 1254. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5326 Trafalgar Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • W Dey, an assistant sales manager at Home Oil 1940
    • June Dey, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Giberson at 5350. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2221 Waterloo Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • George V Dey, a baker at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: W P MacKenzie at 2211 and F R Lambert at 2231. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1055 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H M Dey, a clerk at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: gilbrae apts at 1045 and Mrs M E du Bos at 1065. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3528 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Margaret Dey, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Rudd at 3520 and M D Buchanan at 3544. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: an assistant sales manager, a baker, a biller, a clerk, a stenographer and a vocalist. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Arbutus Ridge, Downtown, Fairview and West End. 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 B Dey at 475 Bute Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Bessie Dey there as the householder, a biller for Kelly Douglas. The 1940 name section lists Georgia Dey at 1260 Pendrell Street, a vocalist.

W Dey is listed at 5326 Trafalgar Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Dey there as the householder, an assistant sales manager at Home Oil, with June Dey, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists George V Dey at 2221 Waterloo Street, a baker at Woodward's.

In 1940 the directory lists H M Dey at 1055 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harry M Dey there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Dey at 3528 West 14th Avenue, widow of W.

Today

3528 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 5326 Trafalgar (2018) and 2221 Waterloo (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 475 Bute, 1260 Pendrell and 1055 West 11th, so those buildings are 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.