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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kelleys

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Kelley at eight 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 Kelleys 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

    1537 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Kelley, a foreman at the Evans Coleman Wharf 1940
    • Mrs Margaret A Kelley 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C A Gill at 1531 and V E Phelps at 1553. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    873 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs Ethel Kelley 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Harding at 869 and Community Centre Ukranian at 875. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1877 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Freeman E Kelley 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Budibent at 1865 and C H Cameron at 1889. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3463 Oak Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • M N Kelley, a salesman at Pacific Milk 1940

    Next door in 1940: bessborough apts at 3411. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1165 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Margaret Kelley 1940

    Next door in 1940: Trade Roasting Co at 1169. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    535 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Spruce Kelley, in lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sales Addressograph-Multigraph at 525 and J E Baldwin at 541. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    207 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R T Kelley, an advertising 1940

    Next door in 1940: Clothes Shops Natl at 217. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1370 West King Edward Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • T A Kelley, a president at Kelley Logging Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J MacDonald at 1360 and Hon D Murphy at 1390. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the nine: a foreman, a president and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Shaughnessy (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Strathcona 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

In 1940 the directory lists W Kelley at 1537 East 11th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William Kelley there as the householder, a foreman at the Evans Coleman Wharf, with Mrs Margaret A Kelley. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ethel Kelley at 873 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Freeman E Kelley at 1877 Haro Street as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists M N Kelley at 3463 Oak Street. The 1940 name section lists Mark N Kelley there as the householder, a salesman at Pacific Milk. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Kelley at 1165 Richards Street. Spruce Kelley, in lumber, is listed at 535 West Georgia Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists R T Kelley, an advertising, at 207 West Hastings Street. T A Kelley is listed at 1370 West King Edward Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas A Kelley there as the householder, a president at Kelley Logging Co.

Today

1537 East 11th, 1877 Haro, 207 West Hastings and 1370 West King Edward still have their buildings from before 1946; 3463 Oak (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 873 East Hastings, 1165 Richards and 535 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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.