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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Clearys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Cleary at six addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Clery. 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 Clearys 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

    905 Chilco Street

    West End, 1940

    • W V Clery, an accountant at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940
    • Patrick M Clery, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: park lane at 975. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1725 East 5th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • William Cleary, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Bowes at 1733. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    742 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Clif Cleary, proprietor of the Home Funeral Chapel 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Polowy at 740 and J Lebed at 748. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1060 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Patrick Cleary, a chauffeur at D MacLure's Taxi 1940

    Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056 and Dom Furn Chain Stores at 1062. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2215 Rupert Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • G Cleary, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Kirkham at 2245. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    895 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Louisa Cleary, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: G J Nelson at 885. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a laborer (2), an accountant, a chauffeur and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Strathcona and West End. 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 W V Clery at 905 Chilco Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists W Valentine P Clery there as the householder, an accountant at the Canadian Bank of Commerce, with Patrick M Clery, a student at UBC. The 1940 name section lists William Cleary at 1725 East 5th Avenue, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Clif Cleary at 742 East Hastings Street as the householder, proprietor of the Home Funeral Chapel.

The 1940 name section lists Patrick Cleary at 1060 Granville Street, a chauffeur at D MacLure's Taxi. G Cleary is listed at 2215 Rupert Street 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 George Cleary there as the householder, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Louisa Cleary at 895 West 13th Avenue, widow of W.

Today

905 Chilco and 1060 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1725 East 5th (1990) and 2215 Rupert (1983) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 742 East Hastings and 895 West 13th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.