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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hainsworths

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Hainsworth 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.

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Where the Hainsworths 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

    3279 East 23rd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J Hainsworth, an engineer at the Metro Building 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Maher at 3265. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    218 West 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W Hainsworth, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Cook at 208 and W Archibald at 228. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3879 West 30th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R Hainsworth, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940

    Next door in 1940: G B Lorimer at 3869 and L W Greene at 3883. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, an engineer and a motorman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Renfrew-Collingwood and Riley Park. 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 Hainsworth at 3279 East 23rd Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists James Hainsworth there as the householder, an engineer at the Metro Building. In 1940 the directory lists W Hainsworth at 218 West 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Hainsworth there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists R Hainsworth at 3879 West 30th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert Hainsworth there as the householder, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

Today

218 West 21st and 3879 West 30th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3279 East 23rd (1988) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Hainsworths

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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.