A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Heglers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Hegler at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Heglers lived
- 1
3461 Fleming Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G S Hegler, a salesman at Walker & Worsley 1940
- Ken G Hegler, a driver at McGavin 1940
Next door in 1940: G F Cochrane at 3451 and Mrs M J Whelan at 3473. The block, door by door
- 2
4554 West 15th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- G E Hegler, a driver at McGavin 1940
Next door in 1940: R F Burdett at 4548 and W Pope at 4558. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a driver (2) and a salesman. Two of them worked for McGavin.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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
In 1940 the directory lists G S Hegler at 3461 Fleming Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists George S Hegler there as the householder, a salesman at Walker & Worsley, with Ken G Hegler, a driver at McGavin. In 1940 the directory lists G E Hegler at 4554 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George E Hegler there as the householder, a driver at McGavin.
Today
3461 Fleming and 4554 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Hegler G S3461 Fleming, p. 50
- Hegler Geo S slsmn Walker & Worsley3461 Fleming, p. 265
- Hegler Ken G drvr McGavin3461 Fleming, p. 265
- *Hegler G E4554 West 15th, p. 221
- Hegler Geo E drvr McGavin4554 West 15th, p. 265
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Heglers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Hegler 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.