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The Heatons

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at seven addresses

The directories print 13 people named Heaton at seven addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Heatons at 2656 West 5th in 1940.

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Where the Heatons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2166 East 1st Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R E Heaton, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: L T Long at 2154 and G W Woods at 2174. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1012 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • C Heaton 1940
  3. 3

    6896 Ross Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • N Heaton, a blacksmith at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Ken P Heaton 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Ostirgaard at 6862. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4410 Slocan Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W Heaton, retired 1940
    • Veronica B Heaton, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: I W Sutton at 4424. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3422 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E Heaton, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Carter at 3408 and C T Hoy at 3436. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2656 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J P Heaton, a janitor at UBC 1940
    • Eileen E Heaton, a stenographer at Woodworth & Woodworth 1940
    • Margaret A Heaton, a machinist tender at Bartram Paper Products 1940
    • Peter A Heaton, a clerk for D H Chamberlain 1940
    • Sarah A Heaton, an operator for E Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Straight at 2650 and Mrs S E Lamb at 2676. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1392 West 73rd Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • Welby V Heaton, proprietor of the Heaton Machinery Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Niall at 1386 and A S Frost at 1398. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the 13: a clerk (2), a blacksmith, a carpenter, a janitor, a machinist tender and an operator, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano, Marpole, Renfrew-Collingwood, Strathcona and Sunset. 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 R E Heaton at 2166 East 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert E Heaton there as the householder, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists C Heaton at 1012 Main Street.

N Heaton is listed at 6896 Ross 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 Noah Heaton there as the householder, a blacksmith at the City of Vancouver, with Ken P Heaton. W Heaton is listed at 4410 Slocan Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Walter Heaton there as the householder, retired, with Veronica B Heaton, a saleswoman.

E Heaton is listed at 3422 West 36th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Heaton there as the householder, a carpenter. J P Heaton is listed at 2656 West 5th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John P Heaton there as the householder, a janitor at UBC, with Eileen E Heaton, a stenographer at Woodworth & Woodworth, Margaret A Heaton, a machinist tender at Bartram Paper Products, Peter A Heaton, a clerk for D H Chamberlain, and Sarah A Heaton, an operator for E Anderson.

The 1940 name section lists Welby V Heaton at 1392 West 73rd Avenue, proprietor of the Heaton Machinery Works.

Today

1012 Main, 4410 Slocan and 2656 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2166 East 1st (2017), 6896 Ross (1991) and 3422 West 36th (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1392 West 73rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 18 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.