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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sheehans

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at four addresses

The directories print eleven people named Sheehan 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. The most under one roof: seven Sheehans at 351 West 19th in 1940.

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Where the Sheehans 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

    710 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • P F Sheehan, a timber broker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Miller at 702 and A G Ellams at 724. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1371 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss L A Sheehan 1940
    • Lottie A Sheehan, a seamstress 1940

    Next door in 1940: Van Parts Co Ltd at 1365 and Atlas Tire & Battery at 1399. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1715 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mary Sheehan 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G Armistead at 1725. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    351 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J J Sheehan, a baker at McGavin 1940
    • Francis Sheehan, a cook at the CPR 1940
    • Henry A Sheehan 1940
    • James A Sheehan, an elevator operator at the Austin Hotel 1940
    • Maureen Sheehan, a saleswoman 1940
    • Michael G Sheehan, a clerk at the CN Telegraphs 1940
    • Thomas I Sheehan, proprietor of Tommy's Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Walla at 341 and W A Crighton at 361. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the eleven: a baker, a clerk, a cook, an elevator operator, a proprietor and a saleswoman, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Mount Pleasant and Riley Park. 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 P F Sheehan at 710 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Peter F Sheehan there as the householder, a timber broker. In 1940 the directory lists Miss L A Sheehan at 1371 Seymour 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 lists Lottie A Sheehan there as the householder, a seamstress.

The 1940 name section lists Mary Sheehan at 1715 West 11th Avenue. J J Sheehan is listed at 351 West 19th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James J Sheehan there as the householder, a salesman at Tommy's Confectionery, with Joseph Sheehan, a baker at McGavin, Francis Sheehan, a cook at the CPR, Henry A Sheehan, James A Sheehan, an elevator operator at the Austin Hotel, Maureen Sheehan, a saleswoman, Michael G Sheehan, a clerk at the CN Telegraphs, and Thomas I Sheehan, proprietor of Tommy's Confectionery.

Today

351 West 19th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1715 West 11th (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 710 East 7th and 1371 Seymour, so those buildings are 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, 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.