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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hawksworths

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at four addresses

The directories print twelve people named Hawksworth at four 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: five Hawksworths at 3516 Fleming in 1940.

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Where the Hawksworths 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

    2247 East 45th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Harold Hawksworth, a clerk at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs I F Nelson at 2239 and W H Earwaker at 2261. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3516 Fleming Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs A M Hawksworth, widow of G 1940
    • Ada Hawksworth 1940
    • George Hawksworth, a painter 1940
    • John Hawksworth, a clerk at Commercial Union Assce 1940
    • William Hawksworth, a machinist 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Goyan at 3504 and A S Dobell at 3528. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6490 Gladstone Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • S Hawksworth 1940
    • Edward L Hawksworth, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Dawson at 6470. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1908 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • W Hawksworth, a driver 1940
    • James R Hawksworth, a student 1940
    • Margaret Hawksworth, an usher at the Alma Theatre 1940
    • Ralph C Hawksworth, a salesman at Coca-Cola 1940

    Next door in 1940: V E Richardson at 1906 and R A Mills at 1914. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the twelve: a clerk (3), a driver, a machinist, a painter, a salesman and an usher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Victoria-Fraserview (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Kerrisdale. 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 Harold Hawksworth at 2247 East 45th Avenue, a clerk at the Vancouver General Hospital. Mrs A M Hawksworth is listed at 3516 Fleming 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 Alice M Hawksworth there as the householder, widow of G, with Ada Hawksworth, George Hawksworth, a painter, John Hawksworth, a clerk at Commercial Union Assce, and William Hawksworth, a machinist.

S Hawksworth is listed at 6490 Gladstone Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Squire Hawksworth there as the householder, with Edward L Hawksworth, a clerk. W Hawksworth is listed at 1908 West 42nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Hawksworth there as the householder, a driver, with James R Hawksworth, a student, Margaret Hawksworth, an usher at the Alma Theatre, and Ralph C Hawksworth, a salesman at Coca-Cola.

Today

3516 Fleming still has its building from before 1946, dated 1907 by the City's record; 2247 East 45th (1977), 6490 Gladstone (2005) and 1908 West 42nd (1992) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 15 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.