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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Deeleys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Deeley at five 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.

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Where the Deeleys 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

    6 Water Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Thomas Deeley, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Lacolla at 4 and Hygiene Prods at 8. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1192 West 37th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • F Deeley, a president at Fred Deeley Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R MacNeill at 1178. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1367 West 41st Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • R A Deeley, a branch manager for F Deeley 1940

    Next door in 1940: B W Healey at 1355 and G T Yeates at 1379. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4556 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • F Deeley, a salesman for G C Hewer 1940
    • Norma E Deeley, a stenographer at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Fail at 4546 and H D Pike at 4566. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1201 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs A M Deeley, widow of H M 1940
    • Richard M Deeley, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: Auto Reconditioning at 1219. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a branch manager, a clerk, a president, a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Shaughnessy (2) and West Point Grey. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Deeley at 6 Water Street, retired. F Deeley is listed at 1192 West 37th Avenue 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 Fred A Deeley there as the householder, a president at Fred Deeley Ltd.

R A Deeley is listed at 1367 West 41st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ray A Deeley there as the householder, a branch manager for F Deeley. F Deeley is listed at 4556 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Deeley there as the householder, an accountant, with Frederick G Deeley, a salesman for G C Hewer, and Norma E Deeley, a stenographer at the BC Government.

Mrs A M Deeley is listed at 1201 West Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Agnes M Deeley there as the householder, widow of H M, with Richard M Deeley, a clerk.

Today

1192 West 37th, 1367 West 41st and 1201 West Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946, 1201 West Georgia on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 6 Water, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 4556 West 8th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Deeleys

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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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.