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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gearys

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at eight addresses

The directories print ten people named Geary at eight addresses in 1940 in eight 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 Gearys 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

    1166 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • R Edward Geary, a lineman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Auto Metal & Radiator at 1160 and W A Webster at 1172. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1158 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Elsie Geary, a maid for M Hyatt 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Paterson at 1156 and Mrs B Flynn at 1160. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2992 East 1st Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E S Geary, a salesman at Garvin Ice & Fuel 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Perrie at 2986 and J C Hiscock at 2996. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    401 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • K A Geary, a garage 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lun Tong Fong at 411. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2042 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • S Geary, a laborer at Garvin Ice & Fuel 1940
    • Irene A Geary 1940

    Next door in 1940: brussels court at 2026 and S Car at 2046. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    735 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • G H Geary, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K B Fraser at 725 and C House at 751. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3176 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Anna L Geary, a nurse 1940
    • Gordon T Geary, a salesman for W J Geary 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M F Edwards at 3162. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1455 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • David Geary, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: H L Rothwell at 1451 and Bway Furn Store at 1459. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the ten: a carpenter (2), a salesman (2), a laborer, a lineman, a maid and a nurse. Two of them worked for Garvin Ice & Fuel.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano, South Cambie, Strathcona 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 R Edward Geary at 1166 Alberni Street, a lineman at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Elsie Geary at 1158 Burrard Street, a maid for M Hyatt. In 1940 the directory lists E S Geary at 2992 East 1st 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 lists Ernest S Geary there as the householder, a salesman at Garvin Ice & Fuel.

In 1940 the directory lists K A Geary, a garage, at 401 East Georgia Street. S Geary is listed at 2042 Franklin Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sam Geary there as the householder, a laborer at Garvin Ice & Fuel, with Irene A Geary.

G H Geary is listed at 735 West 18th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists G Harry Geary there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Anna L Geary at 3176 West 2nd Avenue, a nurse, with Gordon T Geary, a salesman for W J Geary. The 1940 name section lists David Geary at 1455 West Broadway, a carpenter.

Today

2042 Franklin, 735 West 18th and 3176 West 2nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 1166 Alberni (1980) and 2992 East 1st (2015) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1158 Burrard, 401 East Georgia and 1455 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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

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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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.