Vancouver / Names / M / Mee

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mees

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Mee at six 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.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Mees 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

    511 Carrall Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Lun Mee, in tobacco 1940

    Next door in 1940: Look Ming Bigsue Assn at 509 and Kong Chow Assn at 513. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2321 Columbia Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs W O Mee 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M MacMillan at 2315 and G R Chapman at 2333. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    363 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A G Mee, a mechanic at MacLean Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: Daly Heating & Sheet Mtl Wks at 359 and E C Heath at 367. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    103 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Lee Mee, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Tung Ah Rooms at 101 and Taim Young at 105. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    109 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Shing Mee, a jeweller 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lee Way at 107 and Lee Dick at 111. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    716 Princess Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Sang Ding Mee 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Klemola at 700 and A Woyat at 732. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a jeweller, a mechanic and a tobacco.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Mount Pleasant (2) 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 Lun Mee, in tobacco, at 511 Carrall Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lun Mee there, in tobacco. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs W O Mee at 2321 Columbia Street.

A G Mee is listed at 363 East Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert G Mee there as the householder, a mechanic at MacLean Motors. Lee Mee, a barber, is listed at 103 East Pender Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists Shing Mee, a jeweller, at 109 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Shing (Dong Jam Lung) Mee there, a jeweller. In 1940 the directory lists Sang Ding Mee at 716 Princess Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Sang Ding Mee there as the householder.

Today

The City no longer lists 511 Carrall, 2321 Columbia, 363 East Broadway, 103 East Pender, 109 East Pender and 716 Princess, 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

The book of the Mees

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Mee name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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.