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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rafterys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Raftery at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Rafterys 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

    232 East 43rd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • C P Raftery, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Mercier at 220 and Mrs C Jenkins at 242. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    539 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs R Raftery, widow of W J 1940
    • Marion I Raftery, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Hallett at 537 and Van Carpet Clng Wks at 561. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    166 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • B Raftery, a lineman at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Gray at 160 and W Fraser at 174. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3231 West 33rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E D Raftery, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: F E Unwin at 3205 and W F Scott at 3237. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a conductor, a lineman, a motorman and a stenographer. Three of them worked for BC Electric Railway. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Riley Park 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 C P Raftery at 232 East 43rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Coyle P Raftery there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs R Raftery at 539 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Rosalie Raftery there as the householder, widow of W J, with Marion I Raftery, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists B Raftery at 166 West 18th 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 lists Benjamin Raftery there as the householder, a lineman at the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists E D Raftery at 3231 West 33rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest D Raftery there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

232 East 43rd and 166 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3231 West 33rd (2018) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 539 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.