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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Driscolls

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Driscoll 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.

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Where the Driscolls 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

    536 Drake Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs M A Driscoll 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Grundy at 534 and W F Spina at 540. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1522 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Pat Driscoll, a trimmer at North West Towing 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Hawthorne at 1518 and E S Hicks at 1526. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    222 North Garden Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • F M J Driscoll, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: G J Cooper at 218. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2545 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A A Driscoll, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: S W Bedlow at 2535 and H H Baxter at 2555. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a painter and a trimmer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and West End. 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 Mrs M A Driscoll at 536 Drake Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Myrtle A Driscoll there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Pat Driscoll at 1522 Nelson Street, a trimmer at North West Towing.

F M J Driscoll is listed at 222 North Garden Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank M J Driscoll there as the householder, a painter. A A Driscoll is listed at 2545 West 6th Avenue 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 Aylmer A Driscoll there as the householder, a clerk.

Today

2545 West 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 536 Drake, 1522 Nelson and 222 North Garden Drive, so those buildings are 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, street section

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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.