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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Heasmans

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Heasman 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 Heasmans 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

    3103 Waverley Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • Edith J Heasman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Audley at 3113. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3817 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • S P Heasman, an assistant quarantine officer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Howard at 3813 and G F Ziegler at 3823. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1851 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C S Heasman, a roofer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Jennings at 1849 and W G McCorrister at 1861. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an assistant quarantine officer and a roofer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Killarney, Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 Edith J Heasman at 3103 Waverley Avenue. S P Heasman is listed at 3817 West 15th 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 Sid P Heasman there as the householder, an assistant quarantine officer at the City of Vancouver.

C S Heasman is listed at 1851 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles S Heasman there as the householder, a roofer.

Today

3103 Waverley still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 3817 West 15th (2021) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1851 West 4th, so that building is 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Heasmans

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Heasman name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.

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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.