A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Does
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Doe at two addresses in 1940 in Kitsilano. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Does lived
- 1
3456 West 10th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- A R Doe, a detective at the City of Vancouver 1940
- Dorene I Doe 1940
Next door in 1940: H N Bowman at 3436 and W Foster at 3486. The block, door by door
- 2
2290 West 8th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Edward Doe, a gardener 1940
Next door in 1940: T Trotz at 2284 and Miss M I North at 2296. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a detective and a gardener.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 R Doe at 3456 West 10th 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 Albert R Doe there as the householder, a detective at the City of Vancouver, with Dorene I Doe. The 1940 name section lists Edward Doe at 2290 West 8th Avenue, a gardener.
Today
3456 West 10th and 2290 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2290 West 8th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Doe A R3456 West 10th, p. 200
- Doe Albt R detec Van City3456 West 10th, p. 163
- Doe Dorene I3456 West 10th, p. 163
- Doe Edw gdnr2290 West 8th, p. 163
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Does
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Doe 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.