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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Easleys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Easley at three addresses in 1940 in two 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: four Easleys at 2656 Napier in 1940.

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Where the Easleys 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

    1715 Cotton Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Edward Easley, a troubleman 1940

    Next door in 1940: T A Dobson at 1709 and Mrs G A Gatenby at 1721. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1728 East 2nd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A Easley, a water inspector at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Lyford at 1738. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2656 Napier Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs L Easley, widow of F J 1940
    • Ada Easley, an elevator operator at the Stock Exchange Building 1940
    • Frederick Easley 1940
    • Louise Easley, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Hill at 2640 and T Sutherland at 2672. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an elevator operator, a stenographer, a troubleman and a water inspector. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Edward Easley at 1715 Cotton Drive, a troubleman. A Easley is listed at 1728 East 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Easley there as the householder, a water inspector at the City of Vancouver.

Mrs L Easley is listed at 2656 Napier 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 Louisa Easley there as the householder, widow of F J, with Ada Easley, an elevator operator at the Stock Exchange Building, Frederick Easley, and Louise Easley, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

1715 Cotton Drive and 1728 East 2nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 2656 Napier (1997) has a newer building, by the City's record.

A family with a covered wagon, their horses and a foal on Napier Street
About 1918 A family with a covered wagon, their horses and a foal on Napier Street. Not at the house at 2656 Napier: no archive photo of the 2600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, SGN 1548. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Easleys

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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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.