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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sharkeys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Sharkey at five 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 Sharkeys lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5904 Berkeley Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • O K Sharkey, a longshoreman 1940
  2. 2

    42 East Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John Sharkey 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pumps & Power Ltd at 40 and Pumps & Power (whse) at 48. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    568 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Rev H Sharkey, a priest at the St Francis Xavier Chinese Catholic Mission 1940

    Next door in 1940: Tom Jung at 562 and St Francis Xavier Chinese Catholic Mission at 572. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1721 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • D F Sharkey, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Franklin Grocery at 1719 and J Smith at 1723. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    639 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • F Sharkey 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Kettleman at 633 and Miss F Fujino at 641. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a logger, a longshoreman and a priest.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 O K Sharkey at 5904 Berkeley Street; 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 Owen K Sharkey there as the householder, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists John Sharkey at 42 East Cordova Street.

Rev H Sharkey is listed at 568 East Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Rev Hugh Sharkey there as the householder, a priest at the St Francis Xavier Chinese Catholic Mission. D F Sharkey is listed at 1721 Franklin Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David F Sharkey there as the householder, a logger.

The 1940 name section lists F Sharkey at 639 Main Street.

Today

42 East Cordova still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 5904 Berkeley (1966) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 568 East Georgia, 1721 Franklin and 639 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.