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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dockers

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Docker at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Dockers at 1519 East 3rd in 1940.

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Where the Dockers 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

    1519 East 3rd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • T Docker, a sweeper at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • James L Docker, who worked for Restmore 1940
    • Jean Docker 1940
    • Margaret Docker 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Krugel at 1511 and B W Swain at 1523. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    805 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss J Docker 1940
    • Joyce Docker, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Steeves at 809. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3331 West 26th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Docker, proprietor of Docker's Men's Wear 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Andrews at 3321 and R A Fry at 3339. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: an employee, a nurse, a proprietor and a sweeper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview and Grandview-Woodland. 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 T Docker at 1519 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Docker there as the householder, a sweeper at the City of Vancouver, with James L Docker, who worked for Restmore, Jean Docker, and Margaret Docker. In 1940 the directory lists Miss J Docker at 805 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Joyce Docker there as the householder, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital.

In 1940 the directory lists J Docker at 3331 West 26th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Docker there as the householder, proprietor of Docker's Men's Wear, with J Ken Docker, a manager at K Docker & Co.

Today

3331 West 26th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1935 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1519 East 3rd and 805 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.