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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dotys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Doty at five addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Dotys at 3275 West 12th in 1940.

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Where the Dotys 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

    753 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • G Doty 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Isomura at 747 and J Tanaka at 755. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    417 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Doty, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Jensen at 413 and B Ashley at 421. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3275 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs J I Doty, widow of E R 1940
    • Elizabeth Doty, a packer for W H Malkin 1940
    • Roger W Doty, a clerk for W H Malkin 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Cahill at 3265 and E Large at 3285. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3952 West 16th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F H Doty, a warehouseman at the Pacific Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: A S Cooper at 3948 and F E Tarling at 3958. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    889 West 70th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • E W Doty 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Ossinger at 885. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a clerk, a packer and a warehouseman. Two of them worked for W H Malkin. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano, Marpole and Strathcona. 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 G Doty at 753 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists George Doty at 417 Robson Street, retired. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J I Doty at 3275 West 12th 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 Jennie I Doty there as the householder, widow of E R, with Elizabeth Doty, a packer for W H Malkin, and Roger W Doty, a clerk for W H Malkin.

In 1940 the directory lists F H Doty at 3952 West 16th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank H Doty there as the householder, a warehouseman at the Pacific Mills. In 1940 the directory lists E W Doty at 889 West 70th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Edward W Doty there as the householder.

Today

3275 West 12th and 3952 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 753 Powell, 417 Robson and 889 West 70th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Dotys

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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.