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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Keates

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Keate 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.

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Where the Keates 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

    4319 Puget Drive

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • J S Keate, a sport editor at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R Thompson at 4327. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2356 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W L Keate Jr, a manager at Port Neville Logging 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Leith at 2346 and W Wilson at 2366. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1576 West 28th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • W L Keate, a timber broker 1940

    Next door in 1940: R D Helmer at 1558. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    510 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W L Keate, a timber broker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Can Bk of Commerce at 508 and Ziegler's Coffee Shop at 512. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a manager, a sport editor and a timber broker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Downtown, Kitsilano 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

In 1940 the directory lists J S Keate at 4319 Puget Drive; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists J Stuart Keate there as the householder, a sport editor at the Province. In 1940 the directory lists W L Keate Jr at 2356 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William L Keate Jr there as the householder, a manager at Port Neville Logging.

In 1940 the directory lists W L Keate at 1576 West 28th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William L Keate there as the householder, a timber broker. In 1940 the directory lists W L Keate, a timber broker, at 510 West Hastings Street.

Today

2356 West 15th, 1576 West 28th and 510 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; 4319 Puget Drive (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.