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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Jeffreys

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Jeffrey at seven 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 Jeffreys 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

    337 Dunsmuir Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James Jeffrey, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Master Painters' Supp at 331. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2044 East 13th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Golda A Jeffrey, an usher 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Penoson at 2038 and L Lloyd at 2056. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    635 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James Jeffrey, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Chapman E Ltd at 633 and Tip Top Tailors at 637. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5804 Lanark Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • G J Jeffrey, a cook at the CNR 1940
    • William Jeffrey 1940
  5. 5

    5844 Olympic Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J H Jeffrey, a clerk at Shanahan's 1940

    Next door in 1940: S J Buchanan at 5832 and H T Wilson at 5866. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3646 Tanner Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs M L Jeffrey, widow of G J 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Wise at 3638 and J T Kneale at 3654. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3435 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M Jeffrey 1940
    • Howard I Jeffrey, a clerk at the Imperial Bank 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Boden at 3421 and Mrs F M Pratt at 3449. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a clerk (2), a cook, a salesman and an usher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano, Renfrew-Collingwood and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 James Jeffrey at 337 Dunsmuir Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Golda A Jeffrey at 2044 East 13th Avenue, an usher. The 1940 name section lists James Jeffrey at 635 Granville Street, a salesman.

G J Jeffrey is listed at 5804 Lanark 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 George J Jeffrey there as the householder, a cook at the CNR, with William Jeffrey. J H Jeffrey is listed at 5844 Olympic Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James H Jeffrey there as the householder, a clerk at Shanahan's.

Mrs M L Jeffrey is listed at 3646 Tanner Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Margaret L Jeffrey there as the householder, widow of G J. Mrs M Jeffrey is listed at 3435 West 3rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Margaret Jeffrey there, with Howard I Jeffrey, a clerk at the Imperial Bank.

Today

5844 Olympic and 3435 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 3435 West 3rd on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2044 East 13th (1983) and 3646 Tanner (1977) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 337 Dunsmuir, 635 Granville and 5804 Lanark, 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 J. Want a name removed? Tell us.