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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Keatses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Keats at five addresses in 1940 in three 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 Keatses 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

    5305 Culloden Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H B Keats, a mechanist 1940
    • Syd H Keats, a musician 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Bullock at 5311. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3428 Monmouth Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • E Keats, an egg dealer 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Campbell at 3424 and Mrs A L Lougheed at 3468. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    920 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Keats, in auto repairs 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sluman R F Motors at 916 and Mrs M H Loughran at 952. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5391 Sherbrooke Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G B Keats, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Rayner at 5387. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1025 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Jack Keats, in auto repairs 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mining Reward at 1021 and Town Hall at 1027. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: an auto repairs, an egg dealer, a laborer, a mechanist and a musician.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 H B Keats at 5305 Culloden Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harold B Keats there as the householder, a mechanist, with Syd H Keats, a musician. In 1940 the directory lists E Keats at 3428 Monmouth 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 Ernest Keats there as the householder, a carpenter, with Ernest G Keats, an egg dealer.

In 1940 the directory lists J Keats, in auto repairs, at 920 Seymour Street. G B Keats is listed at 5391 Sherbrooke Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George B Keats there as the householder, a laborer at Canadian White Pine. The 1940 name section lists Jack Keats at 1025 West Pender Street, in auto repairs.

Today

5305 Culloden and 3428 Monmouth still have their buildings from before 1946; 5391 Sherbrooke (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 920 Seymour and 1025 West Pender, 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, 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.