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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dodmans

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Dodman at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Dodmans 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

    3254 East 28th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • H W Dodman, a painter at D McLean Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Hamilton at 3248 and J W Wood at 3256. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1853 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • A E Dodman, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Cupper at 1835 and Mrs T Oliver at 1857. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    518 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Dodman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Merritt Gordon Hotel at 514 and Merritt Gordon Hotel (Annex) at 520. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3376 Vanness Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • F H Dodman, a foreman painter at Begg Motor 1940
    • George L Dodman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Payne at 3362 and R Cope at 3386. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1455 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss C Dodman, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gowen Sutton Co Ltd at 1445 and S McMaster at 1495. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a foreman painter, a painter and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2), Downtown, Fairview 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 H W Dodman at 3254 East 28th 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 Harold W Dodman there as the householder, a painter at D McLean Motor. In 1940 the directory lists A E Dodman at 1853 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Arthur E Dodman there as the householder, retired.

The 1940 name section lists George Dodman at 518 Richards Street. F H Dodman is listed at 3376 Vanness Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank H Dodman there as the householder, a foreman painter at Begg Motor, with George L Dodman. The 1940 name section lists Miss C Dodman at 1455 West 8th Avenue, a saleswoman at Spencer's.

Today

518 Richards and 1455 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 3254 East 28th, 1853 Nelson and 3376 Vanness, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Dodmans

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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.