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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Keenans

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Keenan at six 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 Keenans 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

    1065 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • J A Keenan 1940

    Next door in 1940: mayfair apts at 1019. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1086 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • J Arthur Keenan, a bookkeeper at Champion & White 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E L Monkman at 1036. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2735 Carolina Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • T Keenan, a painter 1940
    • Evelyn Keenan 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Doidge at 2721 and F J Webster at 2741. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5362 Joyce Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • E Keenan 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Hoyle at 5352 and A M Livingston at 5396. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3742 West 28th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Rev J H Keenan, a priest at the Church of the Immaculate Conception 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Madden at 3726 and Ch of the Immaculate Conception at 3776. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1687 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • William J Keenan, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Chalmers at 1683 and Mrs A J Hill at 1697. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a bookkeeper, a driver, a painter and a priest.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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

In 1940 the directory lists J A Keenan at 1065 Bute Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J Arthur Keenan at 1086 Bute Street as the householder, a bookkeeper at Champion & White. In 1940 the directory lists T Keenan at 2735 Carolina Street; 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 Thomas Keenan there as the householder, a painter, with Evelyn Keenan.

In 1940 the directory lists E Keenan at 5362 Joyce Street. The 1940 name section lists Ed Keenan there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Rev J H Keenan at 3742 West 28th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Rev John H Keenan there as the householder, a priest at the Church of the Immaculate Conception.

The 1940 name section lists William J Keenan at 1687 West Broadway, a driver.

Today

1065 Bute, 1086 Bute, 2735 Carolina, 5362 Joyce and 3742 West 28th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1687 West Broadway (1953) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, street section

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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.