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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Akerlys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Akerly at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Akerley. 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 Akerlys 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

    3694 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C M Akerley, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Singh at 3660. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1437 West 41st Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • E M Akerly, an inspector at H M Shingle 1940
    • Gordon Akerly, a foreman at J Chew Shingle 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S E Boger at 1427 and M Levine at 1449. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3527 West 42nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E N Akerly, a license inspector 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E West at 3521 and L C Williams at 3531. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a foreman, an inspector, a license inspector and a longshoreman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 C M Akerley at 3694 Victoria Drive; 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 Curtis M Akerley there as the householder, a longshoreman. In 1940 the directory lists E M Akerly at 1437 West 41st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest M Akerly there as the householder, an inspector at H M Shingle, with Gordon Akerly, a foreman at J Chew Shingle.

In 1940 the directory lists E N Akerly at 3527 West 42nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ernest N Akerly there as the householder, a license inspector.

Today

1437 West 41st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 3527 West 42nd (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3694 Victoria Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Akerlys

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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.