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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Haigs

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Haig at eight addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Haigs 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

    429 Campbell Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Carl Haig 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Braaten at 427 and K Chiba at 439. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1129 Cypress Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Dr K J Haig, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Petch at 1125 and W Findlay at 1175. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    207 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • George Haig 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J E Murray at 209. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    955 West 17th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Hilda Haig, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Ronney at 949 and G P Wagner at 961. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3984 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R F Haig, a salesman for Remington Rand 1940
    • Miriam Haig, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L M Banham at 3980 and F G Pyle at 3990. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    207 West 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs A E Haig 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Casorso at 217. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    925 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • K J Haig, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2720 Yukon Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs Gladys Haig, a cook at King's Daughters Restholme 1940

    Next door in 1940: 7 listings at 2740. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a cook, a nurse, a physician, a salesman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and South Cambie. 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 Carl Haig at 429 Campbell Avenue. Dr K J Haig is listed at 1129 Cypress Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Karl J Haig there as the householder, a physician. The 1940 name section lists George Haig at 207 Union Street.

The 1940 name section lists Hilda Haig at 955 West 17th Avenue, a nurse. R F Haig is listed at 3984 West 18th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ron F Haig there as the householder, a salesman for Remington Rand, with Miriam Haig, a stenographer. Mrs A E Haig is listed at 207 West 20th 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).

In 1940 the directory lists K J Haig, a physician, at 925 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Gladys Haig at 2720 Yukon Street, a cook at King's Daughters Restholme.

Today

955 West 17th and 3984 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2720 Yukon (2006) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 429 Campbell, 1129 Cypress, 207 Union, 207 West 20th and 925 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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

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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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.