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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Keefers

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at six addresses

The directories print ten people named Keefer at six addresses in 1940 in six 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: four Keefers at 2720 West 34th in 1940.

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Where the Keefers 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

    306 Abbott Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Thomas Keefer, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Dawson at 320. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4010 Nootka Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • S A Keefer, a butcher at Burns & Co 1940
    • Phyllis M Keefer, a nurse for E S Harris 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Cowling at 4018. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1715 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • C E Keefer, a plumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Tailor Robson at 1711 and A Goodfellow at 1717. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2720 West 34th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • C E Keefer, a plumber 1940
    • Audrey Keefer, a school teacher 1940
    • G Herald Keefer, a student 1940
    • M Jean Keefer, a stenographer at J M Brown Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Flood at 2722. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3126 West 34th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • K C Keefer, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: R M Whiteley at 3108 and W Nightscales at 3142. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2019 West 37th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Jessie M Keefer, a nurse for Dr G C Draeseke 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G Hume at 2011 and G C Hay at 2025. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the ten: a nurse (2), a butcher, a driver, a plumber, a school teacher and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Renfrew-Collingwood, 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 Thomas Keefer at 306 Abbott Street, retired. S A Keefer is listed at 4010 Nootka Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Stan A Keefer there as the householder, a butcher at Burns & Co, with Phyllis M Keefer, a nurse for E S Harris. C E Keefer, a plumber, is listed at 1715 Robson Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists C E Keefer at 2720 West 34th 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 Charles E Keefer there as the householder, a plumber, with Audrey Keefer, a school teacher, G Herald Keefer, a student, and M Jean Keefer, a stenographer at J M Brown Motor. In 1940 the directory lists K C Keefer at 3126 West 34th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ken C Keefer there as the householder, a driver.

The 1940 name section lists Jessie M Keefer at 2019 West 37th Avenue, a nurse for Dr G C Draeseke.

Today

306 Abbott, 4010 Nootka, 2720 West 34th and 3126 West 34th still have their buildings from before 1946, 306 Abbott on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1715 Robson (1997) and 2019 West 37th (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 13 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

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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.