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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Durhams

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Durham at four 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 Durhams 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

    1457 East 18th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G W Durham, a blacksmith 1940
    • Evelyn A Durham 1940

    Next door in 1940: A V Harris at 1453 and Mrs D Kasting at 1461. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2249 East Broadway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F W Durham, a commissionaire 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N Binyon at 2225 and R H Miller at 2257. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1168 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • G N Durham, a longshoreman who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: A S MacKay at 1156. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    900 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Gertrude Durham, a seamstress at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wilson W & J at 920. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a blacksmith, a commissionaire, a longshoreman and a seamstress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Downtown 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 G W Durham at 1457 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George W Durham there as the householder, a blacksmith, with Evelyn A Durham. In 1940 the directory lists F W Durham at 2249 East Broadway; 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 W Durham there as the householder, a commissionaire.

In 1940 the directory lists G N Durham, rooms to let, at 1168 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section lists George N Durham there, a longshoreman who kept rooms to let. The 1940 name section lists Gertrude Durham at 900 West Georgia Street, a seamstress at the Vancouver Hotel.

Today

900 West Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1933 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1457 East 18th (1992) and 1168 Pendrell (2021) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2249 East Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Durhams

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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.