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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hawleys

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Hawley at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Hawleys 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

    638 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G Hawley, a leverman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Victoria Dye Wks at 632 and Mrs C Davidson at 648. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4944 Walden Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • T Hawley, a machinist 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Forsyth at 4930 and J Pope at 4956. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4412 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • L F Hawley, a route foreman at Jersey Farms 1940

    Next door in 1940: Jay Library Blue at 4410 and norma apartments at 4416. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2765 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Jesper Hawley, an operator at Leckie 1940

    Next door in 1940: W L Paquette at 2751 and P W Lawrie at 2779. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1550 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss J M Hawley 1940
    • Joyce M Hawley, an accountant at Canada Grain Export 1940

    Next door in 1940: exeter apts at 1540 and mount royal apts at 1590. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4168 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • M W Hawley, an operations supervisor at Shell Oil 1940
    • H Russell Hawley, a clerk at C B of C 1940

    Next door in 1940: D V Aldous at 4164 and O J McDonald at 4178. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4659 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs B Hawley, widow of F W 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Chambers at 4653 and H F Thorn at 4673. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: an accountant, a clerk, a leverman, a machinist, an operations supervisor and an operator, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (3), Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 Hawley at 638 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Hawley there as the householder, a leverman. In 1940 the directory lists T Hawley at 4944 Walden Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Hawley there as the householder, a machinist.

In 1940 the directory lists L F Hawley at 4412 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Leonard F Hawley there as the householder, a route foreman at Jersey Farms. The 1940 name section lists Jesper Hawley at 2765 West 13th Avenue, an operator at Leckie.

Miss J M Hawley is listed at 1550 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Joyce M Hawley there as the householder, an accountant at Canada Grain Export. M W Hawley is listed at 4168 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Myrle W Hawley there as the householder, an operations supervisor at Shell Oil, with H Russell Hawley, a clerk at C B of C.

Mrs B Hawley is listed at 4659 West 7th Avenue 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 Beatrice Hawley there as the householder, widow of F W.

Today

4944 Walden, 4412 West 10th, 2765 West 13th and 4168 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1550 West 15th (1993) and 4659 West 7th (2003) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 638 Victoria Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.