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The Seeleys

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at nine addresses

The directories print 13 people named Seeley at nine addresses in 1940 in eight of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Seeleys at 2442 Pandora in 1940.

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Where the Seeleys 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

    429 Campbell Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Thomas Seeley, a car repairer at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Braaten at 427 and K Chiba at 439. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    119 East Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Robert Seeley 1940

    Next door in 1940: Eagle Mill & Log Supp at 117 and Nicol G Oil Supp at 123. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1611 East Pender Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • I D Seeley, a janitor 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Station at 1629. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1210 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Marion Seeley, a stenographer at Boeing's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gardens Rose at 1202 and Rev A E Cooke at 1232. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    785 Kaslo Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C V Seeley, a sweeper at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Rippon at 769. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2442 Pandora Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • L A Seeley, a laborer at the Mountain View Cemetery 1940
    • Dorothy Seeley, a student 1940
    • Lyla M Seeley, a clerk at Spencer's 1940
    • Myrtle P Seeley, a clerk at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Bain at 2436 and J Craig at 2456. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1131 West 16th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Hazel Seeley, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: P H Barnett at 1121 and N L Harvey at 1165. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3965 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H C Seeley, a salesman 1940
    • Kathleen Seeley, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Dirom at 3959 and R Hunter at 3975. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    11 West Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Gertrude Seeley, a waitress at Busy Bee Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ann Shoppe Grace at 13. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eleven of the 13: a clerk (3), a car repairer, a janitor, a laborer, a salesman and a saleswoman, among others. Two of them worked for Spencer's.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and West End. 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 Thomas Seeley at 429 Campbell Avenue, a car repairer at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Robert Seeley at 119 East Cordova Street. In 1940 the directory lists I D Seeley at 1611 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Iver D Seeley there as the householder, a janitor.

The 1940 name section lists Marion Seeley at 1210 Harwood Street, a stenographer at Boeing's. C V Seeley is listed at 785 Kaslo Street 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 Chester V Seeley there as the householder, a sweeper at the City of Vancouver.

L A Seeley is listed at 2442 Pandora Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Leslie A Seeley there as the householder, a laborer at the Mountain View Cemetery, with Dorothy Seeley, a student, Lyla M Seeley, a clerk at Spencer's, and Myrtle P Seeley, a clerk at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Hazel Seeley at 1131 West 16th Avenue, a clerk.

In 1940 the directory lists H C Seeley at 3965 West 32nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harry C Seeley there as the householder, a salesman, with Kathleen Seeley, a saleswoman at Woodward's. The 1940 name section lists Gertrude Seeley at 11 West Broadway, a waitress at Busy Bee Cafe.

Today

785 Kaslo, 1131 West 16th and 11 West Broadway still have their buildings from before 1946; 119 East Cordova (1987), 1611 East Pender (1988), 2442 Pandora (2016) and 3965 West 32nd (2004) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 429 Campbell and 1210 Harwood, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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

The book of the Seeleys

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.