A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Creaseys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Creasey at four 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.
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Where the Creaseys lived
- 1
751 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- S J Creasey, a tailor 1940
Next door in 1940: Orpheum Hosiery Shop at 749 and Aloha Hat Shop at 755. The block, door by door
- 2
1160 Nicola Street
West End, 1940
- J W Creasey 1940
Next door in 1940: chatteris apts at 1108 and House Seafield at 1186. The block, door by door
- 3
3497 Oxford Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- T D Creasey, a grocer 1940
Next door in 1940: N G Mortenson at 3475. The block, door by door
- 4
3408 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- S J Creasey, a tailor 1940
Next door in 1940: K L Bower at 3416. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a tailor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano 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 S J Creasey, a tailor, at 751 Granville Street. J W Creasey is listed at 1160 Nicola Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J W Creasey there as the householder. T D Creasey, a grocer, is listed at 3497 Oxford 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).
In 1940 the directory lists S J Creasey at 3408 West 5th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Stan J Creasey there as the householder, a tailor.
Today
1160 Nicola still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3408 West 5th (2006) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 751 Granville and 3497 Oxford, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Creasey S J tailor751 Granville, p. 65
- Creasey J W1160 Nicola, p. 120
- Creasey J W1160 Nicola, p. 137
- *Creasey T D gro3497 Oxford, p. 124
- *Creasey S J3408 West 5th, p. 185
- Creasey Stan J tailor 208, 751 Granville3408 West 5th, p. 137
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Creaseys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Creasey 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.