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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Dixons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Dixon at five addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street. 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 Dixons at 8004 Granville in 1940. The directories print the name on 56 other streets too, all listed on the Dixon name's own page.

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Where the Dixons 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

    553 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G C Dixon, an insurance adjuster 1940

    Next door in 1940: Douglas Tom Tailors at 549 and Paint Hunter-Henderson at 555. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1025 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A J Dixon, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Stearman at 1023 and Plaza Hotel at 1029. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1226 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Maurice Dixon, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Newport Cafe at 1224 and J Stark at 1228. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1390 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Gordon Dixon, a yardman at Hanbury Coal & Wood 1940

    Next door in 1940: Laidler G F Co at 1378 and Curtis Mtrs at 1396. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    8004 Granville Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • J C Dixon, a gardener 1940
    • Ernest Dixon, a gardener 1940
    • John T Dixon, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: Fawcett's Drug Store at 8002 and Marpole Gospel Hall at 8006. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a gardener (3), a laborer, a miner and a yardman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (4) and Marpole. 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 G C Dixon, an insurance adjuster, at 553 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists A J Dixon at 1025 Granville Street, a miner. The 1940 name section lists Maurice Dixon at 1226 Granville Street, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Gordon Dixon at 1390 Granville Street, a yardman at Hanbury Coal & Wood.

In 1940 the directory lists J C Dixon at 8004 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists James C Dixon there as the householder, a gardener, with Ernest Dixon, a gardener, and John T Dixon, a gardener.

Today

1025 Granville and 1226 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1025 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 553 Granville, 1390 Granville and 8004 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 8004 Granville: no archive photo of the 8000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Dixons

Every directory, as one book

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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.