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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cleasbys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Cleasby at four 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. The most under one roof: three Cleasbys at 2091 East 61st in 1940.

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Where the Cleasbys 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

    3543 Dundas Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C Cleasby, a supervisor at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G Moore at 3541 and T R Mitchell at 3545. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2091 East 61st Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • W Cleasby, a gardener 1940
    • Allan R Cleasby, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940
    • Lillian Cleasby, a bookkeeper for W J Hodgson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W E Harries at 2069. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1537 Parker Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Elizabeth A Clasby, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Meakin at 1529 and D S Alsbury at 1539. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3537 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • G W Cleasby, a director at Westminster Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Christante at 3521 and R J Horton at 3539. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a bookkeeper, a director, a gardener, a laborer and a supervisor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), Grandview-Woodland and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 C Cleasby at 3543 Dundas Street; 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 Cyril Cleasby there as the householder, a supervisor at American Can. In 1940 the directory lists W Cleasby at 2091 East 61st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Cleasby there as the householder, a gardener, with Allan R Cleasby, a laborer at Canadian White Pine, and Lillian Cleasby, a bookkeeper for W J Hodgson.

The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth A Clasby at 1537 Parker Street, widow of W. G W Cleasby is listed at 3537 Triumph Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George W Cleasby there as the householder, a director at Westminster Supplies.

Today

3543 Dundas (2021) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2091 East 61st, 1537 Parker and 3537 Triumph, 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

The book of the Cleasbys

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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.