One household is named here: Simon P. Fraser, a machinist, in 1905. In 1940 the name section gives this address for Alex Cabott, a carpenter; Robert B Eason, a porter at the CPR; Alex Frazer, a laborer; Mrs Billie Jerome; Cecil G Johnson, a logger; Mrs M Theresa Katnich; Jim Koo; Gordon Lee, a taxi; Frederick F Mah; Josephine Molley, widow of J; Quincy Mundy, a porter at the CPR; John Norton, retired; Roy F Scott, a porter at the CPR; and Murdoch J Sutherland, on active service (page 85, page 175, page 209, page 303, page 305, page 314, page 330, page 342, page 404, page 436, page 447, page 465, page 549, page 596; joined to the 1935, 1940 and 1945 listings, where the first name or initials agree, inferred). It is also listed as Victoria Dye Works and suites (1915) and Eagle Apts (1925–1955).
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Who lived here
Read every ten years. Each chapter is one surname at this address across the directories, so it can be more than one family; tap a name for its directory page, or follow the name to every address it's printed at. After 1945 the directories' names aren't shown.
- I1905
- II11 listings11 listings1915
- IIIEagle Apts5 to 15 listings a year1925–1955
A ribbon marks the chapters the book adds to: everyone the directory's name section lists at this address that year, with their work, and the page behind every line. See what it holds, or quote this house.
- by 1905
- first listed in the directories
- 44
- names listed in its suites, 1915–1945, besides 1 household named in 1905
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
- Now part of 710
- Keefer Street, the land it stood on (inferred)
The building
Most of its directory years list it as a building rather than a household. After the Fraser household, in 1915 it is a building of suites or rooms, with 11 listings; Victoria Dye Works is listed at the address too. From 1925 to 1955 it is a building of suites or rooms, Eagle Apts, with 5 to 15 listings a year.
Where the directory printed “Orientals”, its canvassers wrote a group label in place of the residents' names; we show what was printed, and the names it never recorded we can't give.
Also at this address in 1940, the name section lists Henry Lee, a waiter; and Albert T Molley, a decorator (page 342, page 436). They share the household's surname, but no first name or initial ties them to the listing here before or after: we can't tell if they are the same family, so we keep them apart.
Today
The 1955 directory, the last we read still has 13 listings there, and the City's list of addresses no longer has 734 Keefer Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); its land is part of 710 Keefer Street today (inferred). Directly across the street, 733 still has one from before 1946, one of eleven on the block.
The neighbours
The 700 block of Keefer Street, door by door, the way the directory prints it. This house is marked in red; pick a year to read who lived at every door.
Keefer Street, the 700 blockas the 1905 directory lists it, door by dooras the 1915 directory lists it, door by dooras the 1925 directory lists it, door by dooras the 1935 directory lists it, door by dooras the 1940 directory lists it, door by dooras the 1945 directory lists it, door by dooras the 1955 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)
North side, odd numbers
- 711Allardyce, Thomas“Chinese”Nakatsukai KNakatsuka IAvenue Dye Wks +1Wilson Ra householdstands
- 715Archer, —Deakoff JohnWalters Mrs EWalter B*Walters B*Walters B*a householdstands
- 721Fowler, C. M.Tomo FrankBuckshon J*Tiilikana T*Tiilikana T*Tiilikana Ta householdstands
- 727“Cabins”“Cabins”“Cabins”“Cabins”*“Cabins”*“Cabins”stands
- 733False Creek GroceryB C Distribs Co +1“Orientals”Can Nichiren Buddhist Ch +1Creer C H*a householdstands
- 737Caldwell, J. A.Caldwell John AvacantByman O*Oja AJohnson Mrs Ea householdrebuilt
- 743Doig, William“Chinese”“Japanese”Okimura MOkimura MNiemi P Ja householdstands
- 747Elsom, Albertvacantnot listedWoo Mrs LWoo Mrs L*Osterback Aa householdstands
- 751Lasbury, Georgevacant“Japanese”Lee C TMoy Soccupied, no name givena householdstands
- 753Mason, JohnErickson Ernest AStephen W“Orientals”Gee JoeRuoho Ea householdstands
- 765Toso Mrs Cnot listedGentile Miss Cnot listedrebuilt
- 767vacantvacant +1vacant*Yugoslav Educational Home +3rebuilt
- 783Drost, John T.Pursell Joseph ELind AOja Mrs E*Sudar JLee Gvacantrebuilt
- 791Harding T WSpreckley Mrs E*Zablosky Mrs MFrost Ja householdstands
- 795Kirby, GeorgeBurthe Mrs —Condren HEast End RealtyNelsen & Conot listeda householdstands
- 797Olin Otto +4Apartments +6Kirby Block apts +8Kirby Block +7*Kirby Block +9Kirby Blk apts +6gone
- 799Smith Geo HChong Yew CoBevilacqua LLee Chong TaiKeefer GroKeefer Gro +1gone
South side, even numbers
- 702Cobeldeck, JohnGogowris BHary GLoxton JNeighborhood StoreLane HHenry's Grogone
- 708MacLean, James T.Hoskins Mrs GracePavlukoff J“Orientals”*Baltman B*Baltman Ba householdgone
- 710Rowley, Joseph P.vacantBrekson S*Linn C*Linn C*Anderson Aa householdmerged
- 722Summerville, WilliamRalph DanlTerho A*Terho A*Veralainen Mrs E S*Luhtala C*a householdgone
- 726Griffiths, DellCarroll Mrs EmmavacantRubich M*Butorac M*Jang Ha householdgone
- 730Gibbons, J. W.vacant“Chinese”“Orientals”Lee W HEng W*a householdgone
- 734Fraser, Simon P.Victoria Dye Works +10Eagle Apts +6Eagle Apts +4Eagle Apts +14Eagle Apts +13Eagle Apts +12gone
- 742Monk, Frank“Foreigners”“Chinese”“Orientals”Isoshima SJeskay R*a householdgone
- 746Carnie, EbenezerAnsell Edwin GMcClatchey WBesnick ABesnick ABesnick A B*a householdgone
- 750Constantine, CharlesLeslie ThosOlsen AHiggins DNicol HNichol Hvacantgone
- 752“Cabins”not listed“Orientals”Miharija JGreening Kena householdgone
- 770Gibbs, Walternot listedoccupied, no name given“Orientals”*Manestar J*Liega Ba householdgone
- 778Yarco, August“Foreigners”Hite H*Augustino FAugustino Mrs MAugustine Mrs M*a householdgone
- 784Reid, Herbert E.Hewson Wmoccupied, no name given*Carvetta R*Zajac A*Zajac A*a household +1gone
- 792Rahy Richd NRahy R*Rahy R*Rahy Mrs EHarding J Sa householdgone
- 796Harris, WilliamGaston JohnNordin A*Zitko J*Zitko J*Zitko J*a householdgone
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The record
Each directory's listing for this address, as printed, with its page at the Vancouver Public Library. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).
- Victoria Dye Worksbusiness
- 1Bryant Mrs Clara
- 2vacant
- 3Au Claire Lesa
- 4Snider Mrs Annie
- 5Kolberg Lewis
- 6Swartz Mrs N
- 7Hart Cherie
- 8Troy Harry
- 9vacant
- 10Blaney Arnold S
No job on this line: the 1915 directory prints work in its name section, under Bryant (near p. 70), Au (near p. 20), Snider (near p. 524), Kolberg (near p. 304), Swartz (near p. 544), Hart (near p. 241), Troy (near p. 565) and Blaney (near p. 45).
Reader's note: Listed under the 734 Apartments.
No job on this line: the 1925 directory prints work in its name section, under Port (near p. 115), Berg (near p. 66), Ruda (near p. 149), Gurewitz (near p. 288), Snider (near p. 176) and Wosk (near p. 262).
Reader's note: Listed under the Eagle Apts.
Wrigley-Henderson Amalgamated British Columbia Directory, p. 72
No job on this line: the 1935 directory prints work in its name section, under Buttoff (near p. 84), Molley (near p. 442), Piche (near p. 46) and Moy (near p. 452).
Reader's note: Listed under the Eagle Apts.
- Eagle Apts
- 1Molley Mrs J
- 1AJohnson C G
- 3Jerome Mrs B
- 4Eason R B
- 5Frazer A
- 5BCabott A
- 6Lee G
- 7Mundy Q
- 8Koo Jim
- 8AKatnich M T
- 8BScott R F
- 8CNorton J
- 9Sutherland M J
- 10Mah F F
No job on this line: the 1940 directory prints work in its name section, under Molley (near p. 434), Johnson (near p. 305), Jerome (near p. 301), Eason (near p. 175), Frazer (near p. 207), Cabott (near p. 85), Lee (near p. 341), Mundy (near p. 444), Koo (near p. 327), Katnich (near p. 313), Scott (near p. 547), Norton (near p. 461), Sutherland (near p. 593) and Mah (near p. 390).
- Eagle Aptsbuilding
- 1Molley G B
- 1AMarr W
- 2Dvleiger Miss C
- 3Wong C
- 4Lee C T
- 6Chow W
- 7Leong R
- 8“Orientals” printed instead of names
- 8ABandura G
- 8BKing G
- 8CHing H
- 9Joh D
- 10Mah F F
The directory printed “Orientals” here instead of names.
No job on this line: the 1945 directory prints work in its name section, under Molley (near p. 461), Marr (near p. 440), Dvleiger (near p. 182), Wong (near p. 714), Lee (near p. 363), Chow (near p. 118), Leong (near p. 368), Bandura (near p. 31), King (near p. 342), Hing (near p. 288), Joh (near p. 323) and Mah (near p. 387).
- Eagle Aptsbuilding
- 1a household
- 2aa household
- 3a household
- 4a household
- 5a household
- 5aa household
- 5ba household
- 7a household
- 8aa household
- 8ba household
- 9a household
- 10a household
13 listings. Names of residents after 1945 aren't shown; businesses and buildings are.
Quote this house
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734 Keefer Street, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the city directories from 1905 to 1955; the Molley name is listed there from 1935 to 1945. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/734-keefer, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The history of
Strathcona, 1905–1955
The book of 734 Keefer Street
What the book adds to this page
This page, free
- Who the street section lists here, 1905–1945, and the work the 1905 directory prints beside a name
- The neighbours door by door, one year at a time
- An archive photo of Keefer Street
- The lot on the 1912 fire insurance map
- The building today, and each year's page at the library
The book adds
- Each resident's work and employer, line by line from the directories' name section, and 16 people it lists here that the street section leaves out
- Its three households as chapters, told in our words
- The 700 block in all seven directories at once, every door
- The page behind every line, both sections, listed at the back
- One book, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give
Its contents
- The house
- Plate I, Keefer Street in an archive photo1914
- IFraser, with everyone the name section lists1905
- II11 listings, with everyone the name section lists1915
- IIIEagle Apts, with everyone the name section lists1925–1955
- Also at this address1940
- The 700 block, decade by decade1905–1955
- Plate II, the 1912 fire insurance map1912
- The house today
- Sources, page by page
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, 1905–1955, street sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each year in the record links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. Building permits: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930, gives none we can tie to 734 Keefer Street; its database may have one under another number. The photo of Keefer Street: City of Vancouver Archives, public domain, credited under it. Filed under this address at the City of Vancouver Archives: Acquisition file project no. 1 area A-1: 734 Keefer Street, [between 1961 and 1963] (COV-S305; file, view at the Archives). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.