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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Doves

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Dove at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Doves at 1065 West 12th in 1940.

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Where the Doves 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

    3424 Dundas Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Alfred E Dove 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Pedden at 3434. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    529 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A John Dove 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Baty at 525 and boisdale court at 537. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1065 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss E Dove 1940
    • Ellen Dove 1940
    • Annie Dove, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: D O Lewis at 1055 and R W Purves at 1075. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4315 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H R Dove, a branch manager at the Royal Bank 1940

    Next door in 1940: B W C Scott at 4307 and R B De Wolfe at 4317. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the six: a branch manager. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 Alfred E Dove at 3424 Dundas Street. The 1940 name section lists A John Dove at 529 East 7th Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists Miss E Dove at 1065 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 Ellen Dove there as the householder, with Annie Dove, widow of J.

In 1940 the directory lists H R Dove at 4315 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists H Richard Dove there as the householder, a branch manager at the Royal Bank.

Today

4315 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; 3424 Dundas (1989) and 1065 West 12th (1963) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 529 East 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Doves

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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.