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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Keayses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Keays at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Keayses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1690 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Emma M Keays 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Martin at 1638. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2659 Charles Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R S Keays, a baker at Canadian Window Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Brown at 2657 and N F Pelkey at 2679. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    523 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • T H Keays, a printer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Macdonald at 521 and W H Haywood at 537. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1811 East 6th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A R Keays, a machinist operator at the Province 1940
    • J Elgin Keays, a bookkeeper for Goodwin Lemieux 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Smith at 1805 and Miss A Leach at 1815. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    7806 Windsor Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • E S Keays, an electrician at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Netrusow at 7816. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a baker, a bookkeeper, an electrician, a machinist operator and a printer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Riley Park, Shaughnessy and Sunset. 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 Emma M Keays at 1690 Angus Drive. R S Keays is listed at 2659 Charles 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 Ralph S Keays there as the householder, a baker at Canadian Window Bakeries.

T H Keays is listed at 523 East 17th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas H Keays there as the householder, a printer. A R Keays is listed at 1811 East 6th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert R Keays there as the householder, a machinist operator at the Province, with J Elgin Keays, a bookkeeper for Goodwin Lemieux.

E S Keays is listed at 7806 Windsor Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edwin S Keays there as the householder, an electrician at Spencer's.

Today

1811 East 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 2659 Charles (2002) and 523 East 17th (1978) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1690 Angus Drive and 7806 Windsor, 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 Keayses

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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.