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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hearnses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Hearns at four addresses in 1940 in Fairview. 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 Hearnses 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

    1047 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Hilda Herns, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: M McNeil at 1043 and D O Lewis at 1055. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1275 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Hilda H Hearns, a nurse for S C Hayden 1940

    Next door in 1940: R B Jamieson at 1265 and Mrs M Sellars at 1285. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1497 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G R Hearns, a salesman for West Disinfecting 1940
    • Marjorie Hearns 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Doughtery at 1473. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    725 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs A Hearns, a dressmaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: R T Elworthy at 719 and T Halford at 733. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a nurse (2), a dressmaker and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4). 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 Hilda Herns at 1047 West 12th Avenue, a nurse. The 1940 name section lists Hilda H Hearns at 1275 West 15th Avenue, a nurse for S C Hayden. In 1940 the directory lists G R Hearns at 1497 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Gordon R Hearns there as the householder, a salesman for West Disinfecting, with Marjorie Hearns.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Hearns, a dressmaker, at 725 West 8th 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 lists Mrs Alice Hearns there, a dressmaker.

Today

1275 West 15th (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1047 West 12th, 1497 West 7th and 725 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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.