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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Skelleys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Skelley at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Skelly. 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 Skelleys 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

    5626 Highbury Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C M Skelly, a police officer at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: V Willing at 5616 and H J Seed at 5646. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    947 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Harry T Skelley, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Sloan at 937 and J Bota at 953. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1743 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M E Skelley, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M M Hood at 1737 and R Watson at 1749. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2081 West 44th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • H T Skelley, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Fowler at 2071. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a longshoreman and a police officer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Kerrisdale 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

In 1940 the directory lists C M Skelly at 5626 Highbury 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 Charles M Skelly there as the householder, a police officer at the CPR. The 1940 name section lists Harry T Skelley at 947 Homer Street, a longshoreman.

Mrs M E Skelley, rooms to let, is listed at 1743 Nelson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary E Skelley there, widow of J. H T Skelley is listed at 2081 West 44th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry T Skelley there as the householder, retired.

Today

5626 Highbury still has its building from before 1946, dated 1936 by the City's record; 947 Homer (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1743 Nelson and 2081 West 44th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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

The book of the Skelleys

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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.