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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dovers

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Dover at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Dovers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2215 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R E Dover, a painter at the Acme Auto Metal Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Delmarque at 2201 and H MacDonald at 2217. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2722 West 22nd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • W Dover, who worked for Ford Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B McKnight at 2790. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2878 West 38th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • W Dover, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Purdon at 2870 and F Timmis at 2896. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an employee and a painter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge (2) and Kitsilano. 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 R E Dover at 2215 West 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert E Dover there as the householder, a painter at the Acme Auto Metal Works. In 1940 the directory lists W Dover at 2722 West 22nd 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 Walter Anna M) Dover there as the householder, who worked for Ford Motor.

In 1940 the directory lists W Dover at 2878 West 38th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter Dover there as the householder, retired.

Today

2722 West 22nd (2014) and 2878 West 38th (2009) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2215 West 1st, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Dovers

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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.