A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Dockars
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Dockar at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Dockars lived
- 1
1065 East 22nd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- F W Dockar, a maintenanceman at the Georgia Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: J Jordon at 1045 and C W Vaughan at 1075. The block, door by door
- 2
3906 West 35th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J F Dockar, a mechanic at Electric Power & Equipment 1940
Next door in 1940: J R Lorimer at 3916. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a maintenanceman and a mechanic.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 F W Dockar at 1065 East 22nd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Forbes W Dockar there as the householder, a maintenanceman at the Georgia Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists J F Dockar at 3906 West 35th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John F Dockar there as the householder, a mechanic at Electric Power & Equipment.
Today
3906 West 35th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1065 East 22nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Dockar F W1065 East 22nd, p. 234
- Dockar Forbes W maintenancemn Georgia Hotel1065 East 22nd, p. 162
- *Dockar J F3906 West 35th, p. 251
- Dockar John F mech Elec Power & Equip3906 West 35th, p. 162
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Dockars
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Dockar 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.