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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dodgsons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Dodgson 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.

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Where the Dodgsons 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

    3501 Fraser Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A D I Dodgson 1940
    • Ernest Dodgson 1940

    Next door in 1940: T F J Obee at 3515. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1176 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Thomas O Dodgson, a freight hand at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L V Armstrong at 1170 and G F Gordon at 1186. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    15 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Marjorie G A Dodgson, a machinist operator at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Babbage at 7 and R C Langston at 17. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a freight hand and a machinist operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and West End. 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 A D I Dodgson at 3501 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur D I Dodgson there as the householder, with Ernest Dodgson. The 1940 name section lists Thomas O Dodgson at 1176 Harwood Street, a freight hand at the CPR. The 1940 name section lists Marjorie G A Dodgson at 15 West 12th Avenue, a machinist operator at American Can.

Today

15 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3501 Fraser and 1176 Harwood, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The Hilton Dairy staff lined up outside the dairy at 6395 Fraser Street
17 March 1936 The Hilton Dairy staff lined up outside the dairy at 6395 Fraser Street. Not at the house at 3501 Fraser: no archive photo of the 3500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4867. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 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.