A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Hawbolts
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Hawbolt at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Hawbolts lived
- 1
25 West 11th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A C Hawbolt, of Central Realty 1940
- Arthur F Hawbolt, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs I Schaus at 15 and J C Hoag at 31. The block, door by door
- 2
2716 West 24th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- R S Hawbolt, a gardener at CPR Greenhses 1940
Next door in 1940: J M Livsey at 2720. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a cook and a gardener.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Mount Pleasant. 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 A C Hawbolt at 25 West 11th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur C Hawbolt there, of Central Realty, with Arthur F Hawbolt, a cook. In 1940 the directory lists R S Hawbolt at 2716 West 24th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Roy S Hawbolt there as the householder, a gardener at CPR Greenhses.
Today
25 West 11th and 2716 West 24th still have their buildings from before 1946, 25 West 11th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Hawbolt A C25 West 11th, p. 203
- Hawbolt Arth C of Central Realty25 West 11th, p. 261
- Hawbolt Arth F cook25 West 11th, p. 261
- Hawbolt R S2716 West 24th, p. 239
- Hawbolt Roy S gdnr CPR Greenhses2716 West 24th, p. 261
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hawbolts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Hawbolt name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.