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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Taceys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Tacey at four addresses in 1940 in three 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: three Taceys at 3250 West 5th in 1940.

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Where the Taceys 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

    309 Carrall Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Henry G Tacey, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rainier Barber Shop at 307 and Lumbermen's Social Club at 315. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2076 East 40th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A W Tacey, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Campbell at 2086. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5198 Gladstone Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F R Tacey, a secretary at J R Tacey & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Ohr at 5144. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3250 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F J Tacey, a president at J R Tacey & Co 1940
    • Gladys A Tacey, a student 1940
    • Vera L Tacey, a stenographer at J R Tacey & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Davis at 3230 and M G Orth at 3260. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a carpenter, a president, a secretary and a stenographer. Three of them worked for J R Tacey & Co.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Downtown and Kitsilano. 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 Henry G Tacey at 309 Carrall Street, retired. A W Tacey is listed at 2076 East 40th Avenue 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 Arthur W Tacey there as the householder, a carpenter.

F R Tacey is listed at 5198 Gladstone Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank R Tacey there as the householder, a secretary at J R Tacey & Co. F J Tacey is listed at 3250 West 5th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Fred J Tacey there as the householder, a president at J R Tacey & Co, with Gladys A Tacey, a student, and Vera L Tacey, a stenographer at J R Tacey & Co.

Today

309 Carrall and 3250 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2076 East 40th (1983) and 5198 Gladstone (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Taceys

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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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.