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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Herods

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Herod 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 Herods 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

    2421 Dunbar Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Herod, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: E F Pinchin at 2415. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    352 East 34th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs M L Herod, widow of A E 1940

    Next door in 1940: J U Allan at 340 and Mrs C Cooper at 360. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1836 Parker Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Le Roi W Herod, a grinder for J S Hudson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M I Wood at 1820 and Mrs M Bell at 1842. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4533 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • S S Herod, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Allday at 4523 and Mrs E Craven at 4537. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1330 West 59th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • E T Herod, a delivery at Thrift Grocery 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Aspinall at 1304 and W G Humble at 1334. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a clerk (2), a delivery and a grinder. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano, Marpole, Riley Park 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 W Herod at 2421 Dunbar 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 Walter Herod there as the householder, a salesman at the Hudson's Bay Company, with Walter S Herod, a clerk. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M L Herod at 352 East 34th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mabel L Herod there as the householder, widow of A E.

The 1940 name section lists Le Roi W Herod at 1836 Parker Street, a grinder for J S Hudson. S S Herod is listed at 4533 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Sid S Herod there as the householder, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal.

E T Herod is listed at 1330 West 59th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edmund T Herod there as the householder, a delivery at Thrift Grocery.

Today

2421 Dunbar, 352 East 34th and 1836 Parker still have their buildings from before 1946; 4533 West 14th (2011) and 1330 West 59th (1969) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

A No. 14 Dunbar streetcar on Dunbar Street, past bungalows
1940 A No. 14 Dunbar streetcar on Dunbar Street, past bungalows. Not at the house at 2421 Dunbar: no archive photo of the 2400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, 2009-005.530. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Herods

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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.