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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Learys

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at seven addresses

The directories print 13 people named Leary at seven addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Learys at 2453 East 22nd in 1940.

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Where the Learys lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2453 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • H J Leary, an elevator operator 1940
    • Eleanor C Leary, a packer at Spencer's 1940
    • Ivy M Leary, a maid for J A Straub 1940
    • Lawrence H Leary, a circulation at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Reed at 2437 and W T Silvester at 2471. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    783 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frank Leary, a meat cutter at Ray's Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Armstrong at 777 and Homer Lndy at 785. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5890 Joyce Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • Margaret S Leary 1940

    Next door in 1940: F N Holmes at 5878. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    225 Templeton Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R Leary, a carpenter 1940
    • Dennis Leary, a millworker at Sterling Lumber 1940
    • Evelyn Leary, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Granholm at 229. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    16 West 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Edward Leary, a bell boy at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Enefer at 8 and J A MacRitchie at 22. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3791 West 26th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R E Leary 1940
    • Annie F Leary, widow of P 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr A D Buchanan at 3757. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1184 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • L Leary, a sawyer at Marine Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: M R Britten at 1166 and W M Retallick at 1192. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the 13: a bell boy, a carpenter, a circulation, an elevator operator, a maid and a meat cutter, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Killarney, Renfrew-Collingwood and Riley Park. 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 H J Leary at 2453 East 22nd 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 Henry J Leary there as the householder, an elevator operator, with Eleanor C Leary, a packer at Spencer's, Ivy M Leary, a maid for J A Straub, and Lawrence H Leary, a circulation at the Sun. The 1940 name section lists Frank Leary at 783 Homer Street, a meat cutter at Ray's Ltd. The 1940 name section lists Margaret S Leary at 5890 Joyce Street.

In 1940 the directory lists R Leary at 225 Templeton Drive. The 1940 name section lists Robert Leary there as the householder, a carpenter, with Dennis Leary, a millworker at Sterling Lumber, and Evelyn Leary, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists Edward Leary at 16 West 23rd Avenue, a bell boy at the Vancouver Hotel.

R E Leary is listed at 3791 West 26th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert E Leary there as the householder, with Annie F Leary, widow of P. L Leary is listed at 1184 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Lewis Leary there as the householder, a sawyer at Marine Lumber.

Today

5890 Joyce still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 16 West 23rd (1998), 3791 West 26th (2000) and 1184 West 6th (1981) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2453 East 22nd, 783 Homer and 225 Templeton Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.