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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kearleys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Kearley at five addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Kerley. 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 Kearleys 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

    705 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Leslie Kearley 1940

    Next door in 1940: E S Wise at 719. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    786 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • C E Kerley, an electrician 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Araki at 762 and Balkan Rooms at 788. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2331 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • I R Kearley, a representative at the Halibut Marketing Board of BC 1940

    Next door in 1940: roseleigh ct at 2313 and W Smith at 2343. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5034 Walden Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • T J Kerley 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Lindenbach at 5020 and Mrs E Fisher at 5050. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    850 West 19th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • G P Kearley, a secretary 1940
    • George S Kearley, a warehouseman 1940

    Next door in 1940: E C Dyer at 838 and T W Rippon at 856. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an electrician, a representative, a secretary and a warehouseman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Riley Park, 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 Leslie Kearley at 705 Broughton Street. The 1940 name section lists C E Kerley at 786 Powell Street, an electrician. In 1940 the directory lists I R Kearley at 2331 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section lists Isaac R Kearley there as the householder, a representative at the Halibut Marketing Board of BC.

In 1940 the directory lists T J Kerley at 5034 Walden Street. The 1940 name section lists Timothy J Kerley there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists G P Kearley at 850 West 19th 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 George P Kearley there as the householder, a secretary, with George S Kearley, a warehouseman.

Today

2331 Victoria Drive and 850 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946; 786 Powell (1978) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 705 Broughton and 5034 Walden, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Kearleys

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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.