A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Doxeys
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Doxey at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Doxeys lived
- 1
3589 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Mildred Doxey, a maid for Mrs S B Carswell 1940
Next door in 1940: W S Burley at 3537. The block, door by door
- 2
1216 Parker Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F Doxey, a meat cutter at Burns & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: J Trtan at 1212 and W Frost at 1222. The block, door by door
- 3
1525 West 8th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- F Doxey, a butcher at the BC Livestock Exchange 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Shlegel at 1523 and S Pipe at 1529. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a butcher, a maid and a meat cutter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Grandview-Woodland and Shaughnessy. 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 Mildred Doxey at 3589 Angus Drive, a maid for Mrs S B Carswell. F Doxey is listed at 1216 Parker Street in 1940; 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 Frederick Doxey there as the householder, a meat cutter at Burns & Co.
F Doxey is listed at 1525 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Doxey there as the householder, a butcher at the BC Livestock Exchange.
Today
1525 West 8th (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3589 Angus Drive and 1216 Parker, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Doxey Mildred maid Mrs S B Carswell3589 Angus Drive, p. 168
- *Doxey F1216 Parker, p. 125
- Doxey Fredk meat ctr Burns & Co1216 Parker, p. 168
- Doxey F1525 West 8th, p. 195
- Doxey Fredk butcher BC Livestock Exch1525 West 8th, p. 168
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Doxeys
Every directory, as one book
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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.