A family name on Argyle Street, Victoria-Fraserview and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Douglases
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Douglas at one address, 5995 Argyle Street in Victoria-Fraserview, in 1940, with the close spelling Douglass. The directories print the name on 69 other streets too, all listed on the Douglas name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Douglases at home
Fraserview
- 1
5995 Argyle Street
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- J Douglas, a laborer 1940
- Derrick J Douglas, a factory worker for Coca Cola 1940
- Ron Douglas, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940
Next door in 1940: M Andreassen at 5969. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a factory worker, a laborer and a millworker.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Victoria-Fraserview. 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 Douglas at 5995 Argyle Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Douglas there, a laborer, with Derrick J Douglas, a factory worker for Coca Cola, and Ron Douglas, a millworker at BC Plywoods.
Today
5995 Argyle (1996) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Douglas J5995 Argyle, p. 6
- Douglas Derrick J fctywkr Coca Cola5995 Argyle, p. 166
- Douglas Jas lab5995 Argyle, p. 166
- Douglas Ron mlwkr BC Plywoods5995 Argyle, p. 167
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Douglases
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Douglas 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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Another name, or a house
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.