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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Esteys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses

The directories print six people named Estey at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Esteys at 1971 West 35th in 1940.

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Where the Esteys 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

    1445 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • A Cath Estey, a telephone operator at the National Harbours Board 1940
    • Mrs F A Estey 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M G Erskine at 1435. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1971 West 35th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mrs G E Estey, widow of W W 1940
    • Alice L Estey, a school teacher 1940
    • Julia A Estey, a school teacher 1940
    • Margaret J Estey, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Woodbury at 1963 and E S Meek at 1979. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a school teacher (3) and a telephone operator. Three of them worked for Vancouver City. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Shaughnessy 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists A Cath Estey at 1445 Pendrell Street, a telephone operator at the National Harbours Board, with Mrs F A Estey. Mrs G E Estey is listed at 1971 West 35th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Grace E Estey there as the householder, widow of W W, with Alice L Estey, a school teacher, Julia A Estey, a school teacher, and Margaret J Estey, a school teacher.

Today

1445 Pendrell (1964) and 1971 West 35th (1997) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Esteys

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Estey 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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.