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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ackleys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Ackley at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Ackleys at 1885 West 15th in 1940.

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Where the Ackleys 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

    655 Cassiar Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R E Ackley, a driver at Terminal Cartage 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Stitt at 625 and J G West at 685. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2822 Pandora Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E Ackley, a driver at Terminal Cartage 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Anderson at 2816 and J Plato at 2826. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1885 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H A Ackley 1940
    • Bernice O Ackley, a student 1940
    • Edward Ackley 1940
    • Gordon H Ackley, a clerk at Terminal Cartage 1940

    Next door in 1940: M DeLeon at 1875 and W E Shannon at 1895. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a driver (2) and a clerk. Three of them worked for Terminal Cartage.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Kitsilano. 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 E Ackley at 655 Cassiar Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert E Ackley there as the householder, a driver at Terminal Cartage. In 1940 the directory lists E Ackley at 2822 Pandora Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Elmer Ackley there as the householder, a driver at Terminal Cartage.

In 1940 the directory lists H A Ackley at 1885 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harley A Ackley there as the householder, with Bernice O Ackley, a student, Edward Ackley, and Gordon H Ackley, a clerk at Terminal Cartage.

Today

2822 Pandora (1986) and 1885 West 15th (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record; for 655 Cassiar, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 9 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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.