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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lackeys

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at three addresses

The directories print eight people named Lackey at three addresses in 1940 in two 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: six Lackeys at 24 Water in 1940.

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Where the Lackeys 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

    1176 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Stan Lackey, proprietor of Heather Service Garage 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Davis at 1168 and Peter Pan Cafe at 1180. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    24 Water Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • K Lackey, proprietor of the Grand Hotel 1940
    • Helene Lackey, a cashier for Eden Cafe 1940
    • Mary Lackey, a waitress for Eden Cafe 1940
    • Roland Lackey, a logger 1940
    • Rose Lackey 1940
    • William G Lackey 1940

    Next door in 1940: Western Cordage Canada at 20 and United Uphol at 26. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3447 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R S Lackey, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: S J Smith at 3433 and D Dick at 3465. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a proprietor (2), a cashier, a logger, a motorman and a waitress. Two of them worked for Eden Cafe.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Stan Lackey at 1176 Granville Street, proprietor of Heather Service Garage. K Lackey is listed at 24 Water Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Karl Lackey there as the householder, proprietor of the Grand Hotel, with Helene Lackey, a cashier for Eden Cafe, Mary Lackey, a waitress for Eden Cafe, Roland Lackey, a logger, Rose Lackey, and William G Lackey.

R S Lackey is listed at 3447 West 13th Avenue 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 Robert S Lackey there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

1176 Granville and 3447 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 24 Water, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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

The book of the Lackeys

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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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.