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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Doirons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Doiron at four 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 Doirons 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

    404 Abbott Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Benoit A Doiron, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Lorenz at 418. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2024 Ferndale Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • S Doiron, a carpenter 1940
    • Alice J Doiron, a domestic 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Jolliffe at 2016 and S Sklut at 2030. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2938 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Theresa F R Doiron 1940

    Next door in 1940: H N Trueman at 2928 and F Thompson at 2954. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1765 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • M T Doiron, a foreman at Langley Manufacturing 1940
    • William C Doiron, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Two Boys Msngr Serv at 1735 and L J La Rocque at 1775. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a salesman (2), a carpenter, a domestic and a foreman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland and Kitsilano. 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 Benoit A Doiron at 404 Abbott Street, a salesman. S Doiron is listed at 2024 Ferndale Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Stan Doiron there as the householder, a carpenter, with Alice J Doiron, a domestic. The 1940 name section lists Theresa F R Doiron at 2938 West 14th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists M T Doiron at 1765 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Maurice T Doiron there as the householder, a foreman at Langley Manufacturing, with William C Doiron, a salesman.

Today

404 Abbott, 2024 Ferndale and 2938 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2024 Ferndale on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1765 West Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Doirons

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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.