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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Keays

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Keay at four 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. The most under one roof: three Keays at 264 East 17th in 1940.

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Where the Keays 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

    894 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • John A D Keay, an engineer at Pacific Engineers 1940

    Next door in 1940: beaconsfield apts at 884. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    264 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A P Keay, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Andrew M A Keay, a logger 1940
    • Celia R Keay, widow of P R 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Ainglie at 260 and D E Warnock at 266. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    49 East 26th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Sid R Keay, a seaman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Everett at 35 and A Daly at 57. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4329 Osler Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • R R Keay, an accountant at Foster & Barrett-Lennard 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F Weiss at 4309 and F J Baird at 4349. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: an accountant, an engineer, a fireman, a logger and a seaman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Shaughnessy 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 John A D Keay at 894 Bute Street, an engineer at Pacific Engineers. A P Keay is listed at 264 East 17th 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 Alex P Keay there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver, with Andrew M A Keay, a logger, and Celia R Keay, widow of P R. The 1940 name section lists Sid R Keay at 49 East 26th Avenue, a seaman.

In 1940 the directory lists R R Keay at 4329 Osler Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert R Keay there as the householder, an accountant at Foster & Barrett-Lennard.

Today

264 East 17th and 49 East 26th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4329 Osler (2004) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 894 Bute, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Keays

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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.