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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hawes

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Hawe 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 Hawes lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    975 Chilco Street

    West End, 1940

    • F W Hawe, a salesman for Belding Corticelli 1940

    Next door in 1940: chatelaine at 905. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1390 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frederick Hawe, a barber at Rogers Building Barber Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: Laidler G F Co at 1378 and Curtis Mtrs at 1396. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5802 Larch Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Mrs M L Hawe, widow of F 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Clay at 5814. The block, door by door

What they did

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

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kerrisdale 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 F W Hawe at 975 Chilco Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick W Hawe there as the householder, a salesman for Belding Corticelli. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Hawe at 1390 Granville Street, a barber at Rogers Building Barber Shop.

Mrs M L Hawe is listed at 5802 Larch Street in 1940; 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 Mary L Hawe there as the householder, widow of F.

Today

975 Chilco still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1390 Granville and 5802 Larch, 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.