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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Buckes

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Bucke at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Buckee. 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 Buckes 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

    1561 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A Buckee, a sectionman at the National Harbours Board 1940
    • Leonard Buckee, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Hunter at 1551. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3463 Oak Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • A E Buckee, a steward at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: bessborough apts at 3411. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1927 West 17th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • H W Bucke, a barrister 1940
    • Janet B Bucke, a public stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E L Middleton at 1951. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    602 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H W Bucke, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Starratt A W & Co at 608. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a barrister, a public stenographer, a salesman, a sectionman and a steward.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Shaughnessy (2), Downtown and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 A Buckee at 1561 East 35th 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 Albert Buckee there as the householder, a sectionman at the National Harbours Board, with Albert Buckee, a salesman at Safeway, and Leonard Buckee, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists A E Buckee at 3463 Oak Street. The 1940 name section lists Alfred E Buckee there as the householder, a steward at the CPR.

In 1940 the directory lists H W Bucke at 1927 West 17th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Horace W Bucke there as the householder, a barrister, with Janet B Bucke, a public stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists H W Bucke, a barrister, at 602 West Hastings Street.

Today

1927 West 17th and 602 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; 1561 East 35th (2004) and 3463 Oak (1972) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Buckes

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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.