A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Keepins
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Keepin at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Keepins lived
- 1
231 East 55th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- H J Keepin, a cook at the CNR 1940
Next door in 1940: F Robertson at 219 and K Beaton at 285. The block, door by door
- 2
4553 West 8th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Mrs E Keepin, widow of J 1940
Next door in 1940: A D Morgan at 4543 and F G Roberts at 4563. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a cook. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset 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 H J Keepin at 231 East 55th Avenue as the householder, a cook at the CNR. Mrs E Keepin is listed at 4553 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Keepin there as the householder, widow of J.
Today
231 East 55th (2002) and 4553 West 8th (1978) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Keepin H J cook CNR231 East 55th, p. 316
- Keepin Mrs E4553 West 8th, p. 196
- Keepin Eliz wid J4553 West 8th, p. 316
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Keepins
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Keepin name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.