A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Babiys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Babiy at two addresses in 1940, all on Keefer Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Babiys at 937 Keefer in 1940.
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Where the Babiys lived
- 1
921 Keefer Street
Strathcona, 1940
- H Babiy, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: H Roland at 919 and S Suzuki at 923. The block, door by door
- 2
937 Keefer Street
Strathcona, 1940
- S Babiy 1940
- Joseph Babiy 1940
- Mike Babiy, a trimmer at H Cliff Towing 1940
Next door in 1940: F Fudurich at 933 and M Sugamori at 943. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a cook and a trimmer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (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 H Babiy at 921 Keefer Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harry Babiy there as the householder, a cook. In 1940 the directory lists S Babiy at 937 Keefer Street. The 1940 name section lists Sam Babiy there as the householder, with Joseph Babiy, and Mike Babiy, a trimmer at H Cliff Towing.
Today
The City no longer lists 921 Keefer and 937 Keefer, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Babiy H921 Keefer, p. 94
- Babiy Harry cook921 Keefer, p. 24
- Babiy S937 Keefer, p. 94
- Babiy Jos937 Keefer, p. 24
- Babiy Mike trmr H Cliff Towing937 Keefer, p. 24
- Babiy Sam937 Keefer, p. 24
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Babiys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Babiy 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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.