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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Herds

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Herd 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 Herds 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

    540 Helmcken Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Alec Herd, a welder at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Smith at 538 and E Schofield at 542. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1396 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T D Herd, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A C Kirk at 1386. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    900 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H H Herd, an assistant at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Baldwin at 914. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2626 West 33rd Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • J F Herd, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss D M Martin at 2606 and S C Millard at 2646. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a school teacher (2), an assistant and a welder. Two of them worked for Vancouver City.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Arbutus Ridge and Downtown. 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 Alec Herd at 540 Helmcken Street, a welder at the Burrard Dry Dock. T D Herd is listed at 1396 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas D Herd there as the householder, a school teacher.

H H Herd is listed at 900 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harold H Herd there as the householder, an assistant at UBC. J F Herd is listed at 2626 West 33rd 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 James F Herd there as the householder, a school teacher, with James Herd, retired.

Today

540 Helmcken and 1396 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946, 540 Helmcken on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 900 West 12th (1972) and 2626 West 33rd (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Herds

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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.