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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hebdens

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Hebden 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 Hebdens 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

    1387 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T E Hebden, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Lavers at 1381. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    469 West 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H F Hebden, a carpenter 1940
    • Madiee F Hebden 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Yates at 461. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4018 West 37th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • B G Hebden, a bricklayer 1940
    • William C Hebden, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: S E Abercrombie at 4014 and Van der Ree at 4070. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a carpenter (3) and a bricklayer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 T E Hebden at 1387 East 35th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas E Hebden there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists H F Hebden at 469 West 17th 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 Henry F Hebden there as the householder, a carpenter, with Madiee F Hebden.

In 1940 the directory lists B G Hebden at 4018 West 37th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Bryan G Hebden there as the householder, a bricklayer, with William C Hebden, a carpenter.

Today

469 West 17th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 1387 East 35th (1953) and 4018 West 37th (1997) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.