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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Keenes

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Keene 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 Keenes 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

    1416 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • John R Keene, a clerk at BC Underwriters 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Collinson at 1424. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1781 Island Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • T Keene, a filer at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Seppala at 1755 and R A Carswell at 1785. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5445 Trafalgar Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • H Keene, a machinist 1940

    Next door in 1940: N J Bird at 5425 and G C Duns at 5457. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a filer and a machinist.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Victoria-Fraserview 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 John R Keene at 1416 Comox Street, a clerk at BC Underwriters. T Keene is listed at 1781 Island Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Keene there as the householder, a filer at BC Plywoods.

H Keene is listed at 5445 Trafalgar 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 Harry Keene there as the householder, a machinist.

Today

5445 Trafalgar still has its building from before 1946, dated 1921 by the City's record; 1781 Island (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1416 Comox, 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

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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.