A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Douglases
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Douglas at one address, 845 West Broadway in Fairview, 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
- 1
845 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- D W Douglas, a trimmerman at Canadian White Pine 1940
- James A Douglas, a bridgeman 1940
Next door in 1940: Bway Auto Uphol at 841 and J W Moore at 855. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a bridgeman and a trimmerman.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Fairview. 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 D W Douglas at 845 West Broadway; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists David W Douglas there as the householder, a trimmerman at Canadian White Pine, with James A Douglas, a bridgeman.
Today
The City no longer lists 845 West Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Douglas D W845 West Broadway, p. 17
- Douglas David W trmrmn Can White Pine845 West Broadway, p. 166
- Douglas Jas A bridgemn845 West Broadway, p. 166
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.