A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Beecheys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Beechey 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 Beecheys lived
- 1
589 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs S Beechey, widow of W E 1940
Next door in 1940: Day R S & Son Ltd at 567 and W C Beattie at 591. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
3354 West 10th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- F J Beechey, an estimator at Dixon & Murray 1940
- Cecil F Beechey, a clerk at Kirkland & Rose 1940
Next door in 1940: W Watt at 3346. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, an estimator and a nurse. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview 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 Mrs S Beechey at 589 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sonia Beechey there as the householder, widow of W E. The 1940 name section lists Leone E Beechey at 2830 Hemlock Street, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital.
F J Beechey is listed at 3354 West 10th 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 Frederick J Beechey there as the householder, an estimator at Dixon & Murray, with Cecil F Beechey, a clerk at Kirkland & Rose.
Today
2830 Hemlock and 3354 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 589 Burrard, so that building is 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.
- Beechey Mrs S589 Burrard, p. 22
- Beechey Sonia wid W E589 Burrard, p. 39
- Beechey Leone E nurse Van Genl Hosp2830 Hemlock, p. 39
- *Beechey F J3354 West 10th, p. 200
- Beechey Cecil F clk Kirkland & Rose3354 West 10th, p. 39
- Beechey Fredk J estimator Dixon & Murray3354 West 10th, p. 39
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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.