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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lukeys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Lukey 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.

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Where the Lukeys 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

    3689 Cambridge Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs B H Lukey, widow of R J 1940

    Next door in 1940: E F Hall at 3681. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4128 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W C Lukey, a driver at Murphy's Cartage 1940

    Next door in 1940: Brayne & Clarke at 4124 and Quality Shoe Store at 4132. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2834 Spruce Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • John A Lukey, a clerk at Cowan-Dodson 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Todrick at 2820 and Dr W LeR Pedlow at 2846. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a driver. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise 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 Mrs B H Lukey at 3689 Cambridge Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Bessie H Lukey there as the householder, widow of R J. In 1940 the directory lists W C Lukey at 4128 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists William C Lukey there as the householder, a driver at Murphy's Cartage.

The 1940 name section lists John A Lukey at 2834 Spruce Street, a clerk at Cowan-Dodson.

Today

3689 Cambridge and 4128 Main still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2834 Spruce, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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.