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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hectors

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Hector at four 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 Hectors 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

    1630 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Bert Hector, a driver at Crann Storage 1940

    Next door in 1940: W McQueen at 1622 and D MacKinlay at 1636. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3028 Grant Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • William Hector, a driver at Kings Motor Cartage 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Williams at 3022 and A Fenotti at 3034. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1040 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Clif Hector, a checker 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Mynott at 1030 and T J Wellman at 1046. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1386 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss J L Hector 1940
    • Jean L Hector, a stenographer at Finning Tractor & Equipment 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A F Clarke at 1376. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a driver (2), a checker and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Fairview and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Bert Hector at 1630 Davie Street, a driver at Crann Storage. The 1940 name section lists William Hector at 3028 Grant Street, a driver at Kings Motor Cartage. The 1940 name section lists Clif Hector at 1040 Harwood Street, a checker.

Miss J L Hector is listed at 1386 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jean L Hector there as the householder, a stenographer at Finning Tractor & Equipment.

Today

1386 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 3028 Grant (1960) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1630 Davie and 1040 Harwood, so those buildings are 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 Hectors

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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.