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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Feeneys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Feeney at six addresses in 1940 in six 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 Feeneys 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

    2332 East 28th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G Feeney 1940

    Next door in 1940: C B Wickins at 2312 and A E Parker at 2342. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2676 East Pender Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Rev Father Charles Feeney, a priest at the Our Lady of Sorrows Church 1940

    Next door in 1940: A D MacLean at 2672. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1425 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • J J Feeney, retired 1940
    • Kathleen Feeney, a bookkeeper at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: T G Hull at 1431. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    117 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • John Feeney, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Fujibayashi at 119. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3102 Quebec Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W P Feeney, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C M Kyle at 3122. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3849 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J I Feeney, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L M Thomson at 3837 and H E Green at 3853. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a bookkeeper, a cook, a laborer, a miner and a priest.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona, West End 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

In 1940 the directory lists G Feeney at 2332 East 28th Avenue; 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 Rev Father Charles Feeney at 2676 East Pender Street, a priest at the Our Lady of Sorrows Church. In 1940 the directory lists J J Feeney at 1425 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists John J Feeney there as the householder, retired, with Kathleen Feeney, a bookkeeper at the Hudson's Bay Company.

The 1940 name section lists John Feeney at 117 Main Street, a cook. W P Feeney is listed at 3102 Quebec Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William P Feeney there as the householder, a laborer.

J I Feeney is listed at 3849 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James I Feeney there as the householder, a miner.

Today

1425 Haro and 117 Main still have their buildings from before 1946; 2676 East Pender (1959) and 3849 West 14th (1975) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2332 East 28th and 3102 Quebec, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.