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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dukes

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at ten addresses

The directories print ten people named Duke at ten addresses in 1940 in nine 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 Dukes 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

    5578 Culloden Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • P J Duke 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Davidson at 5540 and S L Jones at 5590. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5962 Cypress Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • A E Duke 1940

    Next door in 1940: H R Grant at 5994. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    785 East 49th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W T Duke 1940

    Next door in 1940: BC Tel at 755. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3402 Heather Street

    South Cambie, 1940

    • R A Duke 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A Paterson at 3404. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    7626 Hudson Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • J E Duke 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Kidd at 7608 and J T Case at 7658. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    855 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss G Duke 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Burton at 811 and 21 listings at 859. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4293 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A E Duke 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Tatroff at 4283 and Dr G W Knipe at 4297. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    20 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J H Duke 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Roscow at 14 and H H Gregg at 26. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    475 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A J D Duke 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Cunnington at 469 and J G Young at 481. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    163 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • T Duke 1940

    Next door in 1940: E G W Sait at 159. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale, Marpole, Riley Park, South Cambie, Sunset, West End 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

In 1940 the directory lists P J Duke at 5578 Culloden Street. A E Duke is listed at 5962 Cypress 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). In 1940 the directory lists W T Duke at 785 East 49th Avenue. R A Duke is listed at 3402 Heather Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists J E Duke at 7626 Hudson Street. Miss G Duke is listed at 855 Thurlow Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists A E Duke at 4293 West 10th Avenue. J H Duke is listed at 20 West 14th Avenue in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists A J D Duke at 475 West 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. T Duke is listed at 163 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Today

5578 Culloden, 3402 Heather, 7626 Hudson, 855 Thurlow, 4293 West 10th and 475 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946, 855 Thurlow on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 5962 Cypress, 785 East 49th and 163 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 20 West 14th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

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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.