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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Keeles

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Keele 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.

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Where the Keeles 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

    1830 Graveley Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs Annie Keele, a cashier 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Anderson at 1828 and E Balentie at 1836. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2054 Pandora Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs A A Keele 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Cooper at 2048 and A Sutherland at 2080. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3634 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W E Keele, a wireless operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Mordy at 3600 and Cranstoun's Gro at 3636. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3877 West Broadway

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • L A Keele, a branch manager at Pyrene Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr D A Steele at 3863 and C B Balfour at 3885. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a branch manager, a cashier and a wireless operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 Mrs Annie Keele at 1830 Graveley Street, a cashier. Mrs A A Keele is listed at 2054 Pandora Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Adeline A Keele there as the householder.

W E Keele is listed at 3634 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William E Keele there as the householder, a wireless operator. L A Keele is listed at 3877 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Leslie A Keele there as the householder, a branch manager at Pyrene Manufacturing.

Today

2054 Pandora, 3634 West 4th and 3877 West Broadway still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1830 Graveley, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Keeles

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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.