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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hanfords

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Hanford 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 Hanfords 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

    5550 Churchill Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Alice Hannaford, a maid at A Bull 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Burgess at 5516 and R L Cliff at 5584. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2212 East 39th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W G Hanford 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Munro at 2248. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1669 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • H G Hanford, retired 1940
    • Harold H R Hanford, a clerk at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M G Doheny at 1663 and Mrs M J Marler at 1675. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a clerk and a maid.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Shaughnessy 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 Alice Hannaford at 5550 Churchill Street, a maid at A Bull. W G Hanford is listed at 2212 East 39th 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). The 1940 name section lists William G Hanford there as the householder.

H G Hanford is listed at 1669 Nelson Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry G Hanford there as the householder, retired, with Harold H R Hanford, a clerk at the CPR.

Today

5550 Churchill still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 2212 East 39th (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1669 Nelson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1669 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Hanfords

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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.