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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kelseys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Kelsey at five 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 Kelseys 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

    1154 Gilford Street

    West End, 1940

    • R Kelsey 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L Foerster at 1106. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2810 Ontario Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Elizabeth Kelsey, widow of S 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Porter at 2832. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1636 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • M Helen Kelsey, a packer for Kelly Douglas 1940
    • Thomas Kelsey, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S A Wilson at 1630. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1291 West 38th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Cecil E Kelsey, an assistant manager at the Bank of Montreal 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Read at 1265. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1252 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Glenn Kelsey, a finisher at Jones Tent & Awning 1940

    Next door in 1940: Consol Motor Co Ltd at 1230 and R H Wiese at 1254. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: an assistant manager, a finisher and a packer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Shaughnessy 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 R Kelsey at 1154 Gilford Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists R Kelsey there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Kelsey at 2810 Ontario Street, widow of S. The 1940 name section lists M Helen Kelsey at 1636 Victoria Drive, a packer for Kelly Douglas, with Thomas Kelsey, retired.

The 1940 name section lists Cecil E Kelsey at 1291 West 38th Avenue, an assistant manager at the Bank of Montreal. The 1940 name section lists Glenn Kelsey at 1252 West Georgia Street, a finisher at Jones Tent & Awning.

Today

1154 Gilford and 1291 West 38th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1154 Gilford on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1636 Victoria Drive (2016) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2810 Ontario and 1252 West Georgia, so those buildings are 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, street section

The book of the Kelseys

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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.