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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Maleys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Maley at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Mailey and Malley. 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 Maleys at 483 East 49th in 1940.

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Where the Maleys 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

    483 East 49th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Mailey, a pressman 1940
    • Albert Mailey 1940
    • Cath G Mailey 1940
    • Gordon Mailey 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Radke at 479. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    553 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W H Maley, a lumber broker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Douglas Tom Tailors at 549 and Paint Hunter-Henderson at 555. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3826 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Maley, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Alexander at 3818 and W A Bain at 3830. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2911 West 33rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • T W Malley, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: S E Smith at 2909 and C E Derkson at 2917. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the seven: a pressman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Downtown and Sunset. 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 J Mailey at 483 East 49th 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 John Mailey there as the householder, a pressman, with Albert Mailey, Cath G Mailey and Gordon Mailey. In 1940 the directory lists W H Maley, a lumber broker, at 553 Granville Street.

J Maley is listed at 3826 West 24th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Maley there as the householder, retired. T W Malley is listed at 2911 West 33rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas W Malley there as the householder, retired.

Today

483 East 49th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 3826 West 24th (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 553 Granville and 2911 West 33rd, so those buildings are 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, 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.