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The Dycks

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Dyck at seven addresses in 1940 in six 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 Dycks 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

    1219 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J J Dyck, an attendant at Ed Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E C Baxter at 1211 and M Syroid at 1225. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    695 East 58th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J P Dyck, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Tennant at 657. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    7306 Fraser Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • J M Dyck, a confectioner 1940
  4. 4

    3741 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G Dyck, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Sloan at 3715 and A A Andren at 3743. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1569 West 35th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Helen Dyck, a maid for F T Palfrey 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Sutton at 1549. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2285 West 41st Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Tena Dyck, a maid for Dr W T Ewing 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J A Brown at 2267 and Mrs L A Currie at 2291. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    20 West 59th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • B Dyck 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Humphrey at 32. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a maid (2), a millworker (2) and an attendant.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2), Arbutus Ridge, Marpole, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park 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

In 1940 the directory lists J J Dyck at 1219 East 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jacob J Dyck there as the householder, an attendant at Ed Motors. In 1940 the directory lists J P Dyck at 695 East 58th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Jake P Dyck there as the householder, a millworker at BC Plywoods.

In 1940 the directory lists J M Dyck, a confectioner, at 7306 Fraser Street. G Dyck is listed at 3741 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists G Dyck there as the householder, a millworker. The 1940 name section lists Helen Dyck at 1569 West 35th Avenue, a maid for F T Palfrey.

The 1940 name section lists Tena Dyck at 2285 West 41st Avenue, a maid for Dr W T Ewing. B Dyck is listed at 20 West 59th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Barney Dyck there as the householder.

Today

1219 East 15th and 3741 Main still have their buildings from before 1946; 1569 West 35th (1993) and 20 West 59th (1976) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 695 East 58th, 7306 Fraser and 2285 West 41st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.