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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hawksleys

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Hawksley at five 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. The most under one roof: four Hawksleys at 3325 West 12th in 1940.

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Where the Hawksleys 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

    2554 Cornwall Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mary D Hawksley, a stenographer at the American News 1940

    Next door in 1940: V G Quinn at 2544 and Mrs M L MacLeod at 2570. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1120 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Maurice L Hawksley, proprietor of the A1 Commercial Photo Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Gemino at 1118 and J Soo at 1122. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1536 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J Hawksley, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Mori at 1512 and A S Fox at 1546. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3325 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • S G A Hawksley, a salesman 1940
    • Dorothy R Hawksley, a stenographer 1940
    • Graham Hawksley, a delivery for Cranstouns Groceteria 1940
    • Ruth Hawksley, a stenographer for H E M Bradshaw 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Spibey at 3315 and E A Gourlay at 3335. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2295 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • I P N Hawksley, a traffic representative at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs W A Kuypers at 2291. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eight: a stenographer (3), a delivery, a proprietor, a salesman and a traffic representative.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Downtown and Fairview. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary D Hawksley at 2554 Cornwall Avenue, a stenographer at the American News. The 1940 name section lists Maurice L Hawksley at 1120 Granville Street, proprietor of the A1 Commercial Photo Service. In 1940 the directory lists J Hawksley at 1536 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John Hawksley there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists S G A Hawksley at 3325 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Stan G A Hawksley there as the householder, a salesman, with Dorothy R Hawksley, a stenographer, Graham Hawksley, a delivery for Cranstouns Groceteria, and Ruth Hawksley, a stenographer for H E M Bradshaw. In 1940 the directory lists I P N Hawksley at 2295 West 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ivan P N Hawksley there as the householder, a traffic representative at the CNR.

Today

2554 Cornwall, 1536 West 11th, 3325 West 12th and 2295 West 1st still have their buildings from before 1946, 2554 Cornwall on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1120 Granville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.