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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Haslers

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Hasler at four 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 Haslers 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

    1018 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Hasler 1940

    Next door in 1940: Oil Burner Dominion at 1016 and Alberta Furn at 1020. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5025 Joyce Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • D W Hasler, a machinist operator at the Pacific Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bonnie Best Co at 5073. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1111 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • P Hasler, a cook at the Georgia Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch Alex at 1105 and Intl Harvester Co at 1135. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2536 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J R Hasler, a salesman 1940
    • Alethea M Hasler, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: rosedale (the) at 2526 and L R Ross at 2546. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a cook, a machinist operator, a salesman and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kitsilano and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 George Hasler at 1018 Granville Street. D W Hasler is listed at 5025 Joyce Street 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 Don W Hasler there as the householder, a machinist operator at the Pacific Mills.

P Hasler is listed at 1111 Seymour Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Peter Hasler there as the householder, a cook at the Georgia Hotel. J R Hasler is listed at 2536 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James R Hasler there as the householder, a salesman, with Alethea M Hasler, a school teacher.

Today

1018 Granville and 2536 West 4th still have their buildings from before 1946; 5025 Joyce (2006) and 1111 Seymour (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Haslers

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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.