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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McKeans

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named McKean 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 McKeans 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

    2561 Cambridge Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F A McKean, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Branca at 2559 and Miss A Barker at 2575. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1180 Connaught Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • A T McKean, a general freight agent at the CPR 1940
    • Phyllis I McKean, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Seymour at 1168. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1896 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W McKean, a confectioner 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Abel at 1892. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a general freight agent and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Shaughnessy. 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 A McKean at 2561 Cambridge Street; 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 Fergus A McKean there as the householder, a clerk. In 1940 the directory lists A T McKean at 1180 Connaught Drive. The 1940 name section lists Arthur T McKean there as the householder, a general freight agent at the CPR, with Phyllis I McKean, a school teacher.

In 1940 the directory lists W McKean, a confectioner, at 1896 Kingsway.

Today

2561 Cambridge still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1180 Connaught Drive and 1896 Kingsway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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.