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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hatts

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Hatt at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Hatts 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

    3563 Oak Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • L M Hatt, a president at British Canadian Importers 1940
  2. 2

    1133 Pacific Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ada Hatt, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss B E Daynard at 1129 and F Booth at 1137. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3952 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Emily Hatt, a maid for Mrs M Kelly 1940

    Next door in 1940: A D Weeks at 3944 and P Nicholson at 3962. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3836 West 30th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F Hatt, a clerk at the Customs 1940

    Next door in 1940: J White at 3830 and W G Ferry at 3850. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3184 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H F Hatt, a railway mail clerk at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Pulham at 3174. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a clerk, a maid, a president, a railway mail clerk and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Kitsilano, 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

In 1940 the directory lists L M Hatt at 3563 Oak Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Leverett M Hatt there as the householder, a president at British Canadian Importers. The 1940 name section lists Ada Hatt at 1133 Pacific Street, a saleswoman. The 1940 name section lists Emily Hatt at 3952 West 22nd Avenue, a maid for Mrs M Kelly.

In 1940 the directory lists F Hatt at 3836 West 30th Avenue; 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 Fred Hatt there as the householder, a clerk at the Customs. In 1940 the directory lists H F Hatt at 3184 West 5th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Herbert F Hatt there as the householder, a railway mail clerk at the Canadian Government.

Today

3952 West 22nd and 3184 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3563 Oak (1979) and 3836 West 30th (2002) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1133 Pacific, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Oak Street at Broadway, looking south past billboards and the Vallejo Court apartments
21 May 1929 Oak Street at Broadway, looking south past billboards and the Vallejo Court apartments. Not at the house at 3563 Oak: no archive photo of the 3500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 453-1. Public domain.

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, street section

The book of the Hatts

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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.