A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Jeremys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Jeremy at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Jeremys lived
- 1
951 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- Walter Jermy 1940
Next door in 1940: F Vance at 947. The block, door by door
- 2
1530 West 33rd Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- J E H Jeremy 1940
- Anne H Jeremy, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: Shaughnessy Heights United Ch at 1550. The block, door by door
- 3
615 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- J E H Jeremy, a barrister 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Office Equip Co at 611 and Good Eats Cafe Ltd at 619. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Shaughnessy. 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 Walter Jermy at 951 Richards Street. J E H Jeremy is listed at 1530 West 33rd Avenue 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 Anne H Jeremy there, a student at UBC. J E H Jeremy, a barrister, is listed at 615 West Pender Street in 1940.
Today
1530 West 33rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1919 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 951 Richards and 615 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Jermy Walter951 Richards, p. 303
- *Jeremy J E H1530 West 33rd, p. 249
- Jeremy Anne H studt UBC1530 West 33rd, p. 303
- Jeremy J E H barr615 West Pender, p. 130
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Jeremys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Jeremy 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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Another name, or a house
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.