A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Ketchums
In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses
The directories print six people named Ketchum 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. The most under one roof: four Ketchums at 1009 West 10th in 1940.
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Where the Ketchums lived
- 1
- 2
1312 East 41st Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W Ketchum 1940
Next door in 1940: A M Thomson at 1306 and handy store at 1322. The block, door by door
- 3
1009 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Miss E R Ketchum 1940
- Evelyn R Ketchum, a teacher at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
- Elinor C Ketchum, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
- Inez H Ketchum, a nurse 1940
Next door in 1940: H E J Holloway at 1031. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a nurse (2), an operator and a teacher. Two of them worked for Vancouver General Hospital.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 Josephine Ketchum at 1460 Barclay Street, an operator at the BC Telephone. W Ketchum is listed at 1312 East 41st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists W Ketchum there as the householder.
Miss E R Ketchum is listed at 1009 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Evelyn R Ketchum there as the householder, a teacher at the Vancouver General Hospital, with Elinor C Ketchum, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital, and Inez H Ketchum, a nurse.
Today
1009 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1460 Barclay (1970) and 1312 East 41st (2010) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ketchum Josephine opr BC Tel1460 Barclay, p. 321
- Ketchum W1312 East 41st, p. 257
- Ketchum W1312 East 41st, p. 321
- Ketchum Miss E R1009 West 10th, p. 199
- Ketchum Elinor C nurse Van Genl Hosp1009 West 10th, p. 321
- Ketchum Evelyn R tchr Van Genl Hosp1009 West 10th, p. 321
- Ketchum Inez H nurse1009 West 10th, p. 321
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Ketchums
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ketchum 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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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.