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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hermons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Hermon at four addresses in 1940 in two 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 Hermons 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

    423 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J W Hermon, a surveyor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Acme Loan Co at 427. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3513 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs C E Hermon, widow of E B 1940
    • Ethel E A Hermon 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A W Whitehead at 3503 and Mrs K Weir at 3517. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3517 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R C Hermon, a stockman at Willson Stationery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Rowell at 3515 and W A Watt at 3523. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3055 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J W Hermon, a surveyor 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H Brown at 3041 and Mrs J N Layton at 3075. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a stockman and a surveyor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (3) 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

In 1940 the directory lists J W Hermon, a surveyor, at 423 Hamilton Street. Mrs C E Hermon is listed at 3513 West 18th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cath E Hermon there as the householder, widow of E B, with Ethel E A Hermon.

R C Hermon is listed at 3517 West 22nd 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 Roblin C Hermon there as the householder, a stockman at Willson Stationery. J W Hermon is listed at 3055 West 38th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James W Hermon there as the householder, a surveyor.

Today

3517 West 22nd and 3055 West 38th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3513 West 18th (2010) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 423 Hamilton, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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, street section

The book of the Hermons

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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.