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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ameys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Amey at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Ameys 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

    166 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • B C Amey, proprietor of International Distributor 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Melnyk at 160. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2072 West 36th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Nellie Amey, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C Bentall at 2058 and Mrs R A Sykes at 2080. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2943 West 41st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • A J Amey, a manager at Amey Coal 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B Earl at 2937 and S L Hoskin at 2947. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a manager and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale, Mount Pleasant 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 B C Amey at 166 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Bertrand C Amey there as the householder, proprietor of International Distributor. The 1940 name section lists Nellie Amey at 2072 West 36th Avenue, widow of J.

A J Amey is listed at 2943 West 41st Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Alfred J Amey there as the householder, a manager at Amey Coal.

Today

166 East 11th and 2943 West 41st still have their buildings from before 1946; 2072 West 36th (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 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.