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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hemsworths

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Hemsworth at six 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 Hemsworths 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

    606 North Kootenay Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E G Hemsworth, a helper at Western Chemical Industrial 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Winterbottom at 650. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4770 West 2nd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mina Hemsworth, a maid for W A Downs 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Mann at 4762 and D Harkness at 4778. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3522 West 43rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J H Hemsworth, a president at Hemsworth & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L Jackson at 3514 and Stevenson at 3530. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1753 West 4th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T G Hemsworth, a tallyman 1940

    Next door in 1940: B N Bloor at 1751 and R F Swann at 1761. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4610 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • E A Hemsworth, retired 1940
    • Elliott B Hemsworth, a mechanic for A B Balderston 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Davis at 4606 and G M Ledingham at 4620. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1140 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Garry M Hemsworth, a traveller passenger agent at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Clouse at 1132 and E Lipsett at 1166. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a helper, a maid, a mechanic, a president, a tallyman and a traveller passenger agent.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, 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

In 1940 the directory lists E G Hemsworth at 606 North Kootenay 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 Edward G Hemsworth there as the householder, a helper at Western Chemical Industrial. The 1940 name section lists Mina Hemsworth at 4770 West 2nd Avenue, a maid for W A Downs.

J H Hemsworth is listed at 3522 West 43rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John H Hemsworth there as the householder, a president at Hemsworth & Co. T G Hemsworth is listed at 1753 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas G Hemsworth there as the householder, a tallyman.

E A Hemsworth is listed at 4610 West 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward A Hemsworth there as the householder, retired, with Elliott B Hemsworth, a mechanic for A B Balderston. The 1940 name section lists Garry M Hemsworth at 1140 West Pender Street, a traveller passenger agent at the CNR.

Today

606 North Kootenay and 4770 West 2nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 3522 West 43rd (2017), 4610 West 7th (1989) and 1140 West Pender (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1753 West 4th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.