A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Donoghues
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Donoghue at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Donoghues lived
- 1
1161 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- George Donoghue, a sawyer 1940
Next door in 1940: St Helen's Cigar Stand at 1159 and French Way Clnrs at 1167. The block, door by door
- 2
577 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- John D Donoghue, an editorial assistant at the British United Press 1940
Next door in 1940: A Decker at 571 and T W Pluto at 579. The block, door by door
- 3
2277 West 35th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- J E Donoghue, a chief timekeeper at the CNR 1940
Next door in 1940: N F Kirja at 2263 and O Lacey at 2291. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a chief timekeeper, an editorial assistant and a sawyer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Arbutus Ridge. 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 George Donoghue at 1161 Granville Street, a sawyer. The 1940 name section lists John D Donoghue at 577 Richards Street, an editorial assistant at the British United Press. In 1940 the directory lists J E Donoghue at 2277 West 35th 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 lists J Eugene Donoghue there as the householder, a chief timekeeper at the CNR, with J Edward Donoghue, a student.
Today
1161 Granville and 577 Richards still have their buildings from before 1946, 1161 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2277 West 35th (1995) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Donoghue Geo sawyer1161 Granville, p. 165
- Donoghue John D editorial asst British United Press577 Richards, p. 165
- *Donoghue J E2277 West 35th, p. 251
- Donoghue J Edw studt2277 West 35th, p. 165
- Donoghue J Eug chf tmkpr CNR2277 West 35th, p. 165
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Donoghues
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Donoghue 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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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.