A family name on Kingsway, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Douglases
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Douglas at two addresses in 1940, all on Kingsway, with the close spelling Douglass. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 69 other streets too, all listed on the Douglas name's own page.
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Where the Douglases lived
- 1
767 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Helen Douglas, a waitress at Black Cat Cafe 1940
- Ray R Douglas, a blender at Dickson Importing 1940
Next door in 1940: Aristocratic Beauty Parlor at 763 and H L Baillie at 777. The block, door by door
- 2
1045 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Charles R Douglas, who worked for Restmore 1940
- Stan Douglas, who worked for Restmore 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J Drinkwater at 1035 and A Bruce at 1055. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an employee (2), a blender and a waitress. Two of them worked for Restmore.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2). 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 Helen Douglas at 767 Kingsway, a waitress at Black Cat Cafe, with Ray R Douglas, a blender at Dickson Importing. The 1940 name section lists Charles R Douglas at 1045 Kingsway, who worked for Restmore, with Stan Douglas, who worked for Restmore.
Today
767 Kingsway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1916 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1045 Kingsway (1957) 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 Helen waitress Black Cat Cafe767 Kingsway, p. 166
- Douglas Ray R blender Dickson Imptg767 Kingsway, p. 166
- Douglas Chas R emp Restmore1045 Kingsway, p. 166
- Douglas Stan emp Restmore1045 Kingsway, p. 167
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.