A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Dickhouts
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Dickhout at two addresses in 1940 in Mount Pleasant. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Dickhouts lived
- 1
2948 Carolina Street
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- I B Dickhout, a janitor at the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Cortner at 2920 and Mrs M Brown at 2968. The block, door by door
- 2
1040 East 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- L W Dickhout, an engineer at Polly Ann Bakeries 1940
Next door in 1940: P J Simmonds at 1036 and F A Matheson at 1048. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an engineer and a janitor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2). 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 I B Dickhout at 2948 Carolina Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ira B Dickhout there as the householder, a janitor at the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. In 1940 the directory lists L W Dickhout at 1040 East 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Lloyd W Dickhout there as the householder, an engineer at Polly Ann Bakeries.
Today
2948 Carolina and 1040 East 14th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Dickhout I B2948 Carolina, p. 27
- Dickhout Ira B jntr Intl Ch of the Foursquare Gospel2948 Carolina, p. 159
- Dickhout L W1040 East 14th, p. 214
- Dickhout Lloyd W eng Polly Ann Bkries1040 East 14th, p. 159
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Dickhouts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Dickhout 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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Another name, or a house
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.