A family name on East Georgia Street, Strathcona, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Steeles
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Steele at three addresses in 1940, all on East Georgia Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 46 other streets too, all listed on the Steele name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Steeles lived
- 1
249 East Georgia Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Steele 1940
Next door in 1940: Georgia Lndy at 245 and Coast Growers Prod Co at 251. The block, door by door
- 2
3260 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J Steele, a music at Commodore Cabaret 1940
Next door in 1940: D D Doig at 3256 and Mrs M Hendren at 3266. The block, door by door
- 3
3274 East Georgia Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- H Steele, a machinist operator at American Can 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Hendren at 3266 and A J W Mitten at 3280. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a machinist operator and a music.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Strathcona. 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 Steele at 249 East Georgia Street. J Steele is listed at 3260 East Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James Steele there as the householder, a music at Commodore Cabaret.
H Steele is listed at 3274 East Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Herbert Steele there as the householder, a machinist operator at American Can.
Today
249 East Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 3260 East Georgia (2015) and 3274 East Georgia (1970) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Steele249 East Georgia, p. 582
- Steele J3260 East Georgia, p. 56
- Steele Jas mus Commodore Cabaret3260 East Georgia, p. 583
- Steele H3274 East Georgia, p. 56
- Steele Herbt mach opr Am Can3274 East Georgia, p. 583
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Steeles
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Steele name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.