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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hemmingses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Hemmings at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Hemmingses 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

    428 East 43rd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Bertha Hemmings, widow of H 1940
    • Henry J R Hemmings, a hoistman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Murray at 422 and W M Ritchie at 446. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1259 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs F Hemmings, widow of H 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Richards at 1241 and Mrs K S Graves at 1267. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3245 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H Hemmings, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Gledson at 3255. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    139 West 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • John H Hemmings 1940

    Next door in 1940: M W Welsh at 133. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3948 West 31st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E W Hemmings, a salesman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F McClintock at 3936 and H M Woodworth at 3958. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a hoistman and a salesman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park, Sunset and West End. 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 Bertha Hemmings at 428 East 43rd Avenue, widow of H, with Henry J R Hemmings, a hoistman. Mrs F Hemmings, rooms to let, is listed at 1259 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frances Hemmings there, widow of H.

H Hemmings is listed at 3245 Victoria Drive 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 Herbert Hemmings there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists John H Hemmings at 139 West 17th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists E W Hemmings at 3948 West 31st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest W Hemmings there as the householder, a salesman at Woodward's.

Today

428 East 43rd, 3245 Victoria Drive and 139 West 17th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3948 West 31st (1996) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1259 Robson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Hemmingses

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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.