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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Blakeys

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at seven addresses

The directories print eleven people named Blakey at seven addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Blakeys at 2769 Oxford in 1940.

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Where the Blakeys 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

    1353 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Blakey, a janitor at the Yorkshire Building 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Lloyd at 1305 and J Stark at 1359. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1116 McLean Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J C Blakey, retired 1940
    • Dorothy V Blakey, a supervisor at Canadian-Bemis Bag 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Dixon at 1108 and W Stark at 1130. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1058 Nootka Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C Blakey, a postman 1940

    Next door in 1940: R M Croall at 1050. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2769 Oxford Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs E P Blakey, widow of G W 1940
    • Arthur Blakey, an electrician at Sharpe's 1940
    • Percy W Blakey, a shoe repairer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Vybiral at 2751 and J Travis at 2781. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1831 Parker Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • L C Blakey, a seaman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Blake at 1829 and R J Hodgson at 1833. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    630 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T B Blakey, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs Y Franks at 626 and Kelly J W Piano Co at 632. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4633 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • T B Blakey, a manufacturers agent 1940
    • Dorothy Blakey, a professor at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs V H Hulbert at 4623 and H T Sibbett at 4639. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the eleven: an electrician, a janitor, a manufacturers agent, a postman, a professor and a seaman, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Grandview-Woodland (2), Hastings-Sunrise (2) and West Point Grey. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J Blakey at 1353 Burrard Street, a janitor at the Yorkshire Building. J C Blakey is listed at 1116 McLean Drive 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 James C Blakey there as the householder, retired, with Dorothy V Blakey, a supervisor at Canadian-Bemis Bag.

C Blakey is listed at 1058 Nootka Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cyril Blakey there as the householder, a postman. Mrs E P Blakey is listed at 2769 Oxford Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth P Blakey there as the householder, widow of G W, with Arthur Blakey, an electrician at Sharpe's, and Percy W Blakey, a shoe repairer.

L C Blakey is listed at 1831 Parker Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Leonard C Blakey there as the householder, a seaman. T B Blakey, a manufacturers agent, is listed at 630 Seymour Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists T B Blakey at 4633 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas B Blakey there as the householder, a manufacturers agent, with Dorothy Blakey, a professor at UBC.

Today

2769 Oxford (1980) and 4633 West 8th (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1353 Burrard, 1116 McLean Drive, 1058 Nootka, 1831 Parker and 630 Seymour, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.