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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Iveys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Ivey at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Iveys 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

    922 Cotton Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • George Ivey 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Cochrane at 916 and R J Westland at 926. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2548 Grant Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F R Ivey, an engineer 1940
    • Stella G Ivey, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Morton at 2542 and Mrs L Stirling at 2556. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    877 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frederick Ivey, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E C Goodie at 873 and Laboratories Lederle at 883. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4608 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C R Ivey, a manager at Owl Cab Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Macaulay at 4620. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1350 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Margaret Ivey, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev S Aikenhead at 1344 and N Henderson at 1352. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: an engineer and a manager. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise 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 George Ivey at 922 Cotton Drive. F R Ivey is listed at 2548 Grant 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 Fred R Ivey there as the householder, an engineer, with Stella G Ivey, a student. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Ivey at 877 Howe Street, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists C R Ivey at 4608 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Carie R Ivey there as the householder, a manager at Owl Cab Co. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Ivey at 1350 West 8th Avenue, widow of A.

Today

2548 Grant still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 1350 West 8th (1988) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 922 Cotton Drive, 877 Howe and 4608 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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 Iveys

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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 I. Want a name removed? Tell us.