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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McKelvays

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named McKelvay at two addresses in 1940 in Dunbar-Southlands, with the close spelling McKelvy. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three McKelvays at 3514 West 35th in 1940.

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Where the McKelvays 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

    3548 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C L McKelvy, a school principal 1940
    • Mary E McKelvy, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Taylor at 3544 and Miss A M Bowdler-Sharpe at 3554. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3514 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • D B McKelvay, an accountant at Whitely Bros S&D 1940
    • Dale K McKelvay, a helper for White Spot 1940
    • Gerald A McKelvay 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Grant at 3504 and L C Scadding at 3522. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an accountant, a helper and a school principal.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2). 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 C L McKelvy at 3548 West 24th 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 Charles L McKelvy there as the householder, a school principal, with Mary E McKelvy, a student at UBC. In 1940 the directory lists D B McKelvay at 3514 West 35th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Don B McKelvay there as the householder, an accountant at Whitely Bros S&D, with Dale K McKelvay, a helper for White Spot, and Gerald A McKelvay.

Today

3548 West 24th and 3514 West 35th still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the McKelvays

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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.