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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dochartys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Docharty at two addresses in 1940, all on East 18th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Dochartys at 516 East 18th in 1940.

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Where the Dochartys 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

    159 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W Docharty, a clerk for C M Oliver 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L MacKenzie at 143 and R J O Day at 177. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    516 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • P Docharty, a waiter at Canadian National Steamships 1940
    • Nancy E Docharty, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Thomas Docharty, a trader for C M Oliver 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Lewis at 512 and W A Day at 518. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a clerk (2), a trader and a waiter. Two of them worked for C M Oliver.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (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 W Docharty at 159 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Docharty there as the householder, a clerk for C M Oliver. In 1940 the directory lists P Docharty at 516 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Peter Docharty there as the householder, a waiter at Canadian National Steamships, with Nancy E Docharty, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway, and Thomas Docharty, a trader for C M Oliver.

Today

159 East 18th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 516 East 18th (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Dochartys

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.