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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dockerills

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Dockerill at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Dockrill. 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 Dockerills 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

    5805 Balsam Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Florence M Dockrill 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F Duncan at 5815. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4655 Langara Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W P Dockerill, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: F R Smith at 4645 and L C Wright at 4687. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    550 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Maude Dockerill, a home matron at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Eaton at 548 and N P Cormier at 584. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4338 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A E Dockrill, a clerk at the Ritz Apartment Hotel 1940
    • Frank Dockrill, a delivery for C V Kay 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Monteith at 4324 and Rev H N Maclean at 4348. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a clerk, a delivery and a home matron.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2), Fairview and Kerrisdale. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Florence M Dockrill at 5805 Balsam Street. W P Dockerill is listed at 4655 Langara Avenue in 1940; 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 Walter P Dockerill there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Maude Dockerill at 550 West 12th Avenue, a home matron at the Vancouver General Hospital.

In 1940 the directory lists A E Dockrill at 4338 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Dockrill there as the householder, a clerk at the Ritz Apartment Hotel, with Frank Dockrill, a delivery for C V Kay.

Today

5805 Balsam (1963), 4655 Langara (1990), 550 West 12th (1965) and 4338 West 14th (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Dockerills

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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.