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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hairs

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Hair 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.

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Where the Hairs 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

    955 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • William L Hair, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: albury (the) at 919 and H Morley at 977. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3670 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T A Hair, an investigator at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Trent at 3664 and W H Cook at 3680. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1890 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Hair, a tanner for P Paris 1940
    • John Hair, an upholsterer at Hibberd & Birch 1940

    Next door in 1940: F B Downing at 1884 and G J Walden at 1894. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a driver, an investigator, a tanner and an upholsterer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and West End. 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 William L Hair at 955 Broughton Street, a driver. T A Hair is listed at 3670 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas A Hair there as the householder, an investigator at the City of Vancouver.

A Hair is listed at 1890 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Andrew Hair there as the householder, a shipwright, with Andrew Hair Jr, a tanner for P Paris, and John Hair, an upholsterer at Hibberd & Birch.

Today

1890 West 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3670 West 11th (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 955 Broughton, 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 Hairs

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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.