The 1940 directory lists four suites and households at 1406 Barclay Street. Its name section lists five people here: Arnold B Conger, a manufacturers agent; Chris Hurmuses, a salesman; and three others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.
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- 6
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
The household
- Arnold B Congera manufacturers agent · householder · suite 3p. 122
- Chris Hurmusesa salesman · householder · suite 2p. 290
- William M Joinerhouseholder · suite 4p. 309
- W Linton McRaea millworker at Sitka Spruce Lumber · householder · suite 1p. 401
Also under the Hurmuses name
- Mrs Julia Hurmusesa proprietor · lives here · suite 2p. 290
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
Barclay Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
BARCLAY
Names
- Conger Arnold B mfrs agt 25, 441 Seymour h3, 1406 Barclayp. 122
- Hurmuses Chris slsmn Pig 'N Whistle Dairy Lunch h2, 1406 Barclayp. 290
- Joiner Wm M h4, 1406 Barclayp. 309
- McRae W Linton mlwkr Sitka Spruce Lbr h1, 1406 Barclayp. 401
- Hurmuses Mrs Julia prop Pig 'N Whistle Dairy Lunch r2, 1406 Barclayp. 290
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 1406 Barclay Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 1415, on the heritage register, on the other side of the street, one of three on the block.
The 1400 block in 1940
Barclay Street between Broughton and Nicola Streets, West End: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.
Barclay Street, the 1400 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)
North side, odd numbers
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1406 Barclay Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1406-barclay, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
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Sources
The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.