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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dooleys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Dooley at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Dooleys 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

    396 East 29th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F K Dooley, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Christie at 378. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    677 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Dooley (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E Murray at 675 and Mrs A L Gawler at 683. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5591 Trafalgar Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Mrs C F Dooley, widow of E V 1940
    • Frances R Dooley, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H Taylor at 5545. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a laborer and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Downtown and Riley Park. 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 F K Dooley at 396 East 29th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank K Dooley there as the householder, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Dooley (no first name printed) at 677 Hamilton Street.

Mrs C F Dooley is listed at 5591 Trafalgar Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Cora F Dooley there as the householder, widow of E V, with Frances R Dooley, a stenographer.

Today

396 East 29th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 677 Hamilton and 5591 Trafalgar, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.