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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Van Kleecks

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Van Kleeck at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Van Kleecks at 2047 West 47th in 1940.

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Where the Van Kleecks 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

    3741 West 26th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Annie M Van Kleeck, a visitor at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Hunt at 3725 and Dr A D Buchanan at 3757. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2867 West 45th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Mrs H R Van Kleeck, widow of S B 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Aitken at 2855 and R J Casement at 2879. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2047 West 47th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • A A Van Kleeck, an agent at Dominion Life 1940
    • Larry R Van Kleeck, a machinist operator at American Can 1940
    • Patricia J Van Kleeck, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Roach at 2039 and F Truslove at 2055. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an agent, a machinist operator, a saleswoman and a visitor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 Annie M Van Kleeck at 3741 West 26th Avenue, a visitor at the BC Government. Mrs H R Van Kleeck is listed at 2867 West 45th 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 Helen R Van Kleeck there as the householder, widow of S B.

A A Van Kleeck is listed at 2047 West 47th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Arthur A Van Kleeck there as the householder, an agent at Dominion Life, with Larry R Van Kleeck, a machinist operator at American Can, and Patricia J Van Kleeck, a saleswoman.

Today

2867 West 45th and 2047 West 47th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3741 West 26th, so that building is 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Van Kleecks

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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 V. Want a name removed? Tell us.