A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Doctors
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Doctor at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Doctors lived
- 1
2640 West 14th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- C E Doctor, a manager at the Dominion Theatre 1940
Next door in 1940: G H Lucas at 2642. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
2426 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Christina Doctor, a widow 1940
- Gordon Doctor, a decorator 1940
Next door in 1940: J M Hughson at 2416 and J McWilliam at 2434. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a decorator, a manager and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) 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
In 1940 the directory lists C E Doctor at 2640 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles E Doctor there as the householder, a manager at the Dominion Theatre. The 1940 name section lists Frank C Doctor at 2590 West 43rd Avenue, a salesman at Armstrong & Laing. The 1940 name section lists Christina Doctor at 2426 West 6th Avenue, a widow, with Gordon Doctor, a decorator.
Today
2640 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 2590 West 43rd (1961) and 2426 West 6th (2006) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Doctor C E2640 West 14th, p. 216
- Doctor Chas E mgr Dom Thea2640 West 14th, p. 162
- Doctor Frank C slsmn Armstrong & Laing2590 West 43rd, p. 162
- Doctor Christina wid —2426 West 6th, p. 162
- Doctor Gordon decrtr2426 West 6th, p. 162
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Doctors
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Doctor 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.