A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Hatchetts
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Hatchett at two addresses in 1940 in Kerrisdale. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Hatchetts lived
- 1
7188 Cypress Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- S J Hatchett, a manager at Canada Metal 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Houghland at 7162. The block, door by door
- 2
5752 Larch Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- S J Hatchett, a salesman at Canada Metal 1940
Next door in 1940: M D Morrison at 5762. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a manager and a salesman. Two of them worked for Canada Metal.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2). 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 S J Hatchett at 7188 Cypress Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists S Joseph Hatchett there as the householder, a manager at Canada Metal. In 1940 the directory lists S J Hatchett at 5752 Larch Street; 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 S James Hatchett there as the householder, a salesman at Canada Metal.
Today
7188 Cypress still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5752 Larch, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hatchett S J7188 Cypress, p. 40
- Hatchett S Jos mgr Canada Metal7188 Cypress, p. 260
- *Hatchett S J5752 Larch, p. 102
- Hatchett S Jas slsmn Canada Metal5752 Larch, p. 260
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hatchetts
Every directory, as one book
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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.