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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lockyers

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Lockyer at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Lockyear. 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 Lockyers 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

    6726 Cypress Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • F W Lockyer, an agent at North American Life 1940
    • E Louvain Lockyer, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Johnstone at 6708 and A A Van Puyenbroek at 6742. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1344 East 13th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • S J Lockyer, proprietor of Grandview Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Waddell at 1336 and C D Olivey at 1350. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    887 East 50th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W W Lockyer, a helper at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: E H Morgan at 871 and R C McLean at 895. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1039 East 59th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • H H Lockyear, proprietor of Moberly Cash Grocery 1940

    Next door in 1940: M G Butler at 1031 and A Miller at 1083. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4841 Osler Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • A L T Lockyer, a reporter at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Scott at 4825 and W Bryan at 4857. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    396 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A T Lockyer 1940

    Next door in 1940: New Fish Mkt at 394 and Japan & Canada Trust Sav Co at 398. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a proprietor (2), an agent, a helper, a reporter and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale, Shaughnessy and Strathcona. 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 F W Lockyer at 6726 Cypress Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank W Lockyer there as the householder, an agent at North American Life, with E Louvain Lockyer, a saleswoman. In 1940 the directory lists S J Lockyer at 1344 East 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Syd J Lockyer there as the householder, proprietor of Grandview Motors.

In 1940 the directory lists W W Lockyer at 887 East 50th 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 lists Warwick W Lockyer there as the householder, a helper at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists H H Lockyear at 1039 East 59th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Herbert H Lockyear there as the householder, proprietor of Moberly Cash Grocery.

In 1940 the directory lists A L T Lockyer at 4841 Osler Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists A Leonard T Lockyer there as the householder, a reporter at the Province. The 1940 name section lists A T Lockyer at 396 Powell Street.

Today

4841 Osler still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 6726 Cypress (1988), 1344 East 13th (2015) and 887 East 50th (1992) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1039 East 59th and 396 Powell, 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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.