A family name on Keefer Street, Strathcona and Downtown
The Bradleys
In the city directories 1905–1915 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Bradley at two addresses between 1905 and 1915, 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 directories print the name on 47 other streets too, all listed on the Bradley name's own page.
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Where the Bradleys lived
- 1
635 Keefer Street
Strathcona, 1905
- John Bradley, a mill hand 1905
Next door in 1905: Robert Hay at 631 and Edgar Monks at 643. The block, door by door
- 2
524 Keefer Street
Strathcona, 1915
- Edward Bradley 1915
Next door in 1915: Hans Rudd at 522 and Morley A Wallings at 526. The block, door by door
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 1905 the directory lists John Bradley, a mill hand, at 635 Keefer Street. Edward Bradley is listed at 524 Keefer Street in 1915.
Today
524 Keefer still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 635 Keefer, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Bradley, John mill hand635 Keefer, p. 73
Henderson's City of Vancouver Directory, street section
- Bradley Edw524 Keefer, p. 99
Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory, street section
The book of the Bradleys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bradley 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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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.