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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Donahoes

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Donahoe at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Donahoes 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

    6404 Ontario Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • J A Donahoe, a jewellery engraver 1940

    Next door in 1940: C N Davey at 6426. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    441 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J A Donahoe, a jewellery engraver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sunny Dale Coffee Shop at 437 and Sandy's Billiards at 443. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a jewellery engraver.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown and Sunset. 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 J A Donahoe at 6404 Ontario Street; 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 Joseph A Donahoe there as the householder, a jewellery engraver. In 1940 the directory lists J A Donahoe, a jewellery engraver, at 441 Seymour Street.

Today

6404 Ontario (2010) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 441 Seymour, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

A large group, Rev. Ebenezer Robson among them, in front of Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
About 1907 A large group, Rev. Ebenezer Robson among them, in front of Mount Pleasant Methodist Church. Not at the house at 6404 Ontario: no archive photo of the 6400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Ch P166. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 3 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 Donahoes

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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.