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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dorns

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Dorn 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 Dorns 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

    871 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Vina Dorn, a manager at The Peaks 1940

    Next door in 1940: Jerome's at 869 and Weston Fur Co at 873. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    334 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R Dorn, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N Mackenzie-Kennedy at 332 and A V Lovatt at 336. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2390 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Edward Dorn, a mechanic at Imperial Oil 1940
    • Gladys Dorn, a boundary at Bulman Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Black at 2354 and W R Mortell at 2394. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a mechanic (2), a boundary and a manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) 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 Vina Dorn at 871 Granville Street, a manager at The Peaks. R Dorn is listed at 334 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Roy Dorn there as the householder, a mechanic. The 1940 name section lists Edward Dorn at 2390 West 1st Avenue, a mechanic at Imperial Oil, with Gladys Dorn, a boundary at Bulman Bros.

Today

2390 West 1st (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 871 Granville and 334 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Dorns

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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.