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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dixes

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Dix at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Dixes 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

    4750 Belmont Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • M B Dix, a salesman for Remington Rand 1940
    • William D Dix, an artist at Neon Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: R F Travers at 4732. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    390 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • George F Dix 1940

    Next door in 1940: P C Wallace at 382. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1324 East 1st Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Irema Dix, a cook at the Glen Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M D Smith at 1342. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1601 East 3rd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C G Dix, an organ builder 1940

    Next door in 1940: A McKinnon at 1617. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1332 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • Don Dix, a helper for Sigurdson Millwork 1940
    • J Frank Dix, a lumberman 1940

    Next door in 1940: greythorpe apts at 1334. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: an artist, a cook, a helper, a lumberman, an organ builder and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Riley Park, West End and West Point Grey. 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 M B Dix at 4750 Belmont Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Maurice B Dix there as the householder, a salesman for Remington Rand, with William D Dix, an artist at Neon Products. The 1940 name section lists George F Dix at 390 East 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Irema Dix at 1324 East 1st Avenue, a cook at the Glen Hospital.

In 1940 the directory lists C G Dix, an organ builder, at 1601 East 3rd Avenue; 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 Chandos G Dix there as the householder, an organ builder. The 1940 name section lists Don Dix at 1332 Nicola Street, a helper for Sigurdson Millwork, with J Frank Dix, a lumberman.

Today

4750 Belmont (1986) and 390 East 16th (1980) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1324 East 1st, 1601 East 3rd and 1332 Nicola, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Dixes

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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.