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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Keddys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Keddy at three 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 Keddys 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

    733 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ranald Keddy, a barber at Pender Barber Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Coulson at 763. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3541 West 28th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W A Keddy, a stereotyper at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A L Williams at 3549. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2196 West 37th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • W H Keddy, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Fraser at 2184. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a barber, a police officer and a stereotyper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands 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 Ranald Keddy at 733 Nicola Street, a barber at Pender Barber Shop. W A Keddy is listed at 3541 West 28th 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 William A Keddy there as the householder, a stereotyper at the Province.

W H Keddy is listed at 2196 West 37th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William H Keddy there as the householder, a police officer at the City of Vancouver.

Today

3541 West 28th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 2196 West 37th (1977) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 733 Nicola, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Keddys

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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.