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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hasletts

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Haslett 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 Hasletts 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

    2330 Cornwall Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E M Haslett 1940

    Next door in 1940: melton court at 2310 and park manor at 2340. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    770 East 21st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F J Haslett, a swamper at B C E Power & Gas 1940
    • Eileen Haslett 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Campbell at 766 and F Brassington at 776. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    778 Gilford Street

    West End, 1940

    • H J Haslett, a salesman at C C Cross & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: R L Aiken at 748 and Mrs R Martin at 786. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1105 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Thomas Haslett, a machinist operator at the Pacific Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Bremner at 1109. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    455 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Norman Haslett, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R Forbes at 439. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3281 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mary L Haslett, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: St C C Goudie at 3273. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a salesman (2), a machinist operator and a swamper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 E M Haslett at 2330 Cornwall Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs E Mary Haslett there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists F J Haslett at 770 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Francis J Haslett there as the householder, a swamper at B C E Power & Gas, with Eileen Haslett.

In 1940 the directory lists H J Haslett at 778 Gilford Street. The 1940 name section lists Horace J Haslett there as the householder, a salesman at C C Cross & Co. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Haslett at 1105 Haro Street, a machinist operator at the Pacific Mills. The 1940 name section lists Norman Haslett at 455 West 18th Avenue, a salesman at Associated Dairies.

The 1940 name section lists Mary L Haslett at 3281 West King Edward Avenue, widow of J.

Today

2330 Cornwall, 770 East 21st, 455 West 18th and 3281 West King Edward still have their buildings from before 1946, 770 East 21st on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 778 Gilford and 1105 Haro, 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.