A family name on Davie Street, West End and Downtown
The Kings
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named King at two addresses in 1940, all on Davie Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 111 other streets too, all listed on the King name's own page.
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Where the Kings lived
- 1
616 Davie Street
Downtown, 1940
- R King, a plumber 1940
Next door in 1940: G S Miyagawa at 614 and Barbers Elite at 618. The block, door by door
- 2
945 Davie Street
Downtown, 1940
- S Jennie King, proprietor of the Elcho Library 1940
Next door in 1940: Howard's Beauty Salon at 941 and Hollywood Gro at 949. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2). 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 R King, a plumber, at 616 Davie Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists S Jennie King at 945 Davie Street, proprietor of the Elcho Library.
Today
616 Davie (1949) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 945 Davie, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Kings
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the King name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.