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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Readys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Ready 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 Readys 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

    477 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W Ready, a shoe repairer 1940
    • Jessie C Ready, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Isherwood at 469. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    662 Kingsway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Ready, a shoe repairer 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Gondo at 660 and W Clark at 664. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    346 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • C H Ready 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Kitamura at 344 and English Cafe at 348. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4143 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J M Ready 1940

    Next door in 1940: L T Gear at 4137 and W McGinnis at 4147. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: an employee and a shoe repairer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant, Riley Park, Strathcona and West Point Grey. 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 W Ready at 477 East 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William Ready there as the householder, a shoe repairer, with Jessie C Ready, who worked for the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists W Ready, a shoe repairer, at 662 Kingsway. The 1940 name section lists C H Ready at 346 Powell Street.

In 1940 the directory lists J M Ready at 4143 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John M Ready there as the householder.

Today

662 Kingsway and 346 Powell still have their buildings from before 1946; 477 East 18th (1988) and 4143 West 13th (2015) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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

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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.