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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Beesleys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Beesley 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 Beesleys 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

    626 East 59th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Beesley, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Ritchie at 656. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    335 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs A Beesley, widow of H 1940
    • Jack Beesley 1940

    Next door in 1940: A McGowan at 331 and Miss M Iluk at 339. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2488 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H Beesley, in fuel sales at R & H Sawmill 1940

    Next door in 1940: A B Fishman at 2486. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a fuel sales. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kitsilano and Sunset. 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 J Beesley at 626 East 59th Avenue; 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 Jabez Beesley there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Beesley at 335 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Alice Beesley there as the householder, widow of H, with Jack Beesley.

In 1940 the directory lists H Beesley at 2488 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Herbert Beesley there as the householder, in fuel sales at R & H Sawmill.

Today

626 East 59th (1994) and 2488 West 4th (2000) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 335 Robson, 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

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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.