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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hanburys

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Hanbury at four 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. The most under one roof: three Hanburys at 2222 Alma in 1940.

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Where the Hanburys 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

    2222 Alma Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M Hanbury, widow of J 1940
    • Edith Hanbury, a nurse at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940
    • Ross M Hanbury, a salesman at Wood Gundy 1940
  2. 2

    1724 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • G R Hanbury, a broker 1940
    • G Nicholas Hanbury 1940
    • John R Hanbury, a first aid attendant for Alaska Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Chubb at 1722 and A R Turcott at 1736. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2439 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L M Hanbury 1940

    Next door in 1940: H F E Smith at 2437 and F U Lyons at 2447. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2165 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Ernest Hanbury, a helper at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: Liquid Carbonic Can Corpn at 2197. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a broker, a first aid attendant, a helper, a nurse and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) 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

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Hanbury at 2222 Alma Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Minnie Hanbury there as the householder, widow of J, with Edith Hanbury, a nurse at Canadian Pacific Steamships, and Ross M Hanbury, a salesman at Wood Gundy. In 1940 the directory lists G R Hanbury at 1724 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists George R Hanbury there as the householder, a broker, with G Nicholas Hanbury, and John R Hanbury, a first aid attendant for Alaska Pine.

In 1940 the directory lists L M Hanbury at 2439 Point Grey Road. The 1940 name section lists Laurence M Hanbury there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Hanbury at 2165 West 11th Avenue, a helper at the Vancouver General Hospital.

Today

2222 Alma still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1724 Barclay, 2439 Point Grey Road and 2165 West 11th, 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, 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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.