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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Haverses

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Havers at three 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 Haverses 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

    5038 Arbutus Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • G F Havers, a secretary for B Amey 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Scott at 5012 and W Ritchie at 5062. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3511 East 14th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • May Havers, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Hiquebran at 3519. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2259 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F G Havers, an electrician at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Crego at 2249 and F E Cassie at 2265. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an electrician and a secretary. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, 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

In 1940 the directory lists G F Havers at 5038 Arbutus 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, where each person's work is printed, lists George F Havers there as the householder, a secretary for B Amey. The 1940 name section lists May Havers at 3511 East 14th Avenue, widow of W.

F G Havers is listed at 2259 West 3rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick G Havers there as the householder, an electrician at the CPR.

Today

5038 Arbutus (2016) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3511 East 14th and 2259 West 3rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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.