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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cleghorns

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Cleghorn at three 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 Cleghorns at 2191 Venables in 1940.

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Where the Cleghorns 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

    340 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J C Cleghorn, proprietor of the Central Battery & Brake Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: A V Lovatt at 336 and R W Hudson at 344. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2191 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W R Cleghorn, an engineer 1940
    • Agnes R Cleghorn, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
    • Ken Cleghorn, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Halsall at 2175. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1585 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss H C Cleghorn 1940
    • Helen C Cleghorn, proprietor of A T Cleghorn 1940

    Next door in 1940: madrona apts at 1575 and roxborough apts at 1595. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a proprietor (2), a cook, an employee and an engineer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview and Grandview-Woodland. 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 J C Cleghorn at 340 Robson Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John C Cleghorn there as the householder, proprietor of the Central Battery & Brake Service. In 1940 the directory lists W R Cleghorn at 2191 Venables 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 lists Walter R Cleghorn there as the householder, an engineer, with Agnes R Cleghorn, who worked for the BC Telephone, and Ken Cleghorn, a cook.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss H C Cleghorn at 1585 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Helen C Cleghorn there as the householder, proprietor of A T Cleghorn.

Today

2191 Venables and 1585 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1585 West 15th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 340 Robson (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.