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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Keanes

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Keane at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Keanes at 6341 Prince Edward in 1940.

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Where the Keanes 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

    2080 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • T Percy Keane 1940

    Next door in 1940: E V Wakelin at 2036. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3864 Osler Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Miss M M Keane 1940
    • Margaret M Keane 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Bowman at 3838 and P D McTavish at 3890. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6341 Prince Edward Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • C E Keane 1940
    • Arthur Keane, a woodworker at Monarch Furniture 1940
    • Charles D Keane, a benchman at Ideal Show Case & Fixture 1940
    • E Mary Keane, a maker for C Korsch 1940

    Next door in 1940: C G Falls at 6357. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3236 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J M Keane, an engineer at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J W Dewar at 3230 and R G Shier at 3242. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a benchman, an engineer, a maker and a woodworker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Shaughnessy, Sunset 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 T Percy Keane at 2080 Haro Street. Miss M M Keane is listed at 3864 Osler 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 Margaret M Keane there as the householder.

C E Keane is listed at 6341 Prince Edward Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles E Keane there as the householder, with Arthur Keane, a woodworker at Monarch Furniture, Charles D Keane, a benchman at Ideal Show Case & Fixture, and E Mary Keane, a maker for C Korsch. J M Keane is listed at 3236 West 1st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John M Keane there as the householder, an engineer at the Canadian Government.

Today

6341 Prince Edward and 3236 West 1st still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2080 Haro and 3864 Osler, 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Keanes

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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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.