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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hannays

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Hannay at six addresses in 1940 in five 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 Hannays lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2405 Burrard Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J W Hannay, a photographer finishing 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sea Foods Briny at 2407. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3555 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C E Hannay, proprietor of the Cedar Cottage Sheet Metal Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Fisher at 3551. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1720 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Geoffrey M Hannay, a mechanic at McAllister Spring 1940

    Next door in 1940: M DeCarlo at 1728. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    900 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Anna Hannay, a waitress at Sam's Lunch 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch See-More at 902. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2122 West 33rd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • L Hannay, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W L McGillivray at 2114 and L A Benson at 2138. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3315 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J H Hannay 1940
    • John W Hannay, in photographer finishing 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H M Drysdale at 3321. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a mechanic, a photographer finishing, a proprietor, a salesman and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Arbutus Ridge, Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 J W Hannay, a photographer finishing, at 2405 Burrard Street. C E Hannay is listed at 3555 Commercial Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles E Hannay there as the householder, proprietor of the Cedar Cottage Sheet Metal Works. The 1940 name section lists Geoffrey M Hannay at 1720 Comox Street, a mechanic at McAllister Spring.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Anna Hannay at 900 Seymour Street, a waitress at Sam's Lunch. L Hannay is listed at 2122 West 33rd 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 Lorne Hannay there as the householder, a salesman.

J H Hannay is listed at 3315 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John H Hannay there as the householder, with John W Hannay, in photographer finishing.

Today

3555 Commercial and 900 Seymour still have their buildings from before 1946; 2122 West 33rd (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2405 Burrard, 1720 Comox and 3315 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.