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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The O'Malleys

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named O'Malley at six addresses in 1940 in six 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 O'Malleys 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

    635 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • John J O'Malley, a manager at the Shamrock Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Mead at 637. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2487 Eton Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • L S O'Malley 1940
    • Aileen M O'Malley, a waitress at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R McPherson at 2451. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1120 West 16th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T G O'Malley, in insurance 1940
    • Kathleen P O'Malley, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Sickavish at 1100. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    11 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F M O'Malley, a chief clerk at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: C G West at 19. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3594 West 37th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E T O'Malley 1940
    • Mrs Patricia O'Malley, proprietor of Newchild Studio 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Johnson at 3588. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2047 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W A O'Malley, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: A S Murphy at 2043 and C S Murson at 2057. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a chief clerk, an insurance, a manager, a nurse, an on active service and a proprietor, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano, Riley Park 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John J O'Malley at 635 East Hastings Street, a manager at the Shamrock Hotel. L S O'Malley is listed at 2487 Eton Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Laurence S O'Malley there as the householder, with Aileen M O'Malley, a waitress at Spencer's.

T G O'Malley is listed at 1120 West 16th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Terence G O'Malley there as the householder, in insurance, with Kathleen P O'Malley, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital. F M O'Malley is listed at 11 West 18th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank M O'Malley there as the householder, a chief clerk at the CNR.

E T O'Malley is listed at 3594 West 37th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Earle T O'Malley there as the householder, with Mrs Patricia O'Malley, proprietor of Newchild Studio. W A O'Malley is listed at 2047 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William A O'Malley there as the householder, on active service.

Today

635 East Hastings, 2487 Eton, 1120 West 16th and 3594 West 37th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2487 Eton on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 11 West 18th (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2047 West 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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 O. Want a name removed? Tell us.