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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hedleys

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at eight addresses

The directories print ten people named Hedley at eight addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Headley. 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 Hedleys 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

    1140 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Philip H Headley, a steward at the Playfair Club 1940

    Next door in 1940: T S Summers at 1138 and Miss A G Mackay at 1142. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1316 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • R R Hedley, of D C Mackenzie & Assocs 1940

    Next door in 1940: D MacKedie at 1312 and Mrs A M Dafoe at 1320. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2654 East 46th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • G Headley, a trackman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Simpson at 2636 and A L Spencer at 2668. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1154 Gilford Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs P Hedley 1940
    • John B Hedley, a salesman at the Canadian General Electric 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L Foerster at 1106. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4114 Miller Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W D G Hedley, a laborer 1940
    • Lily Hedley, a branch manager at Wilbees Service Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Kelly at 4122. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2519 West 45th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Frank H Hedley, a salesman at Canadian Westinghouse 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Heron at 2507 and Mrs A H Davy at 2531. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    837 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Yuniman Gold-fields Hedley 1940

    Next door in 1940: V E K Weldie at 833. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    169 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H Headley 1940

    Next door in 1940: Glidden Co at 167 and Parks Rooms at 177. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the ten: a salesman (2), a branch manager, a laborer, a steward and a trackman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3), Downtown (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 Philip H Headley at 1140 Alberni Street, a steward at the Playfair Club. R R Hedley is listed at 1316 Alberni Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert R Hedley there as the householder, of D C Mackenzie & Assocs.

G Headley is listed at 2654 East 46th 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 Gerald Headley there as the householder, a trackman at the BC Electric Railway. Mrs P Hedley is listed at 1154 Gilford Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Phoebe Hedley there as the householder, with John B Hedley, a salesman at the Canadian General Electric.

W D G Hedley is listed at 4114 Miller Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William D G Hedley there as the householder, a laborer, with Lily Hedley, a branch manager at Wilbees Service Stores. The 1940 name section lists Frank H Hedley at 2519 West 45th Avenue as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Westinghouse. In 1940 the directory lists Yuniman Gold-fields Hedley at 837 West Hastings Street.

The 1940 name section lists H Headley at 169 West Pender Street.

Today

2654 East 46th, 1154 Gilford and 4114 Miller still have their buildings from before 1946, 1154 Gilford on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2519 West 45th (1996) and 837 West Hastings (1998) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1140 Alberni, 1316 Alberni and 169 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.