A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Herseys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Hersey 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 Herseys lived
- 1
1175 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- Evelyn Hearsey, a stenographer at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M K Milliken at 1165 and 11 listings at 1185. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
1058 Pacific Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs E M Hersey, in antiques 1940
Next door in 1940: G N Martin at 1054 and Mrs F E Landon at 1066. The block, door by door
- 4
660 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs E M Hersey, in antiques 1940
Next door in 1940: holy rosary hall at 650 and Pen Hospital Fountain at 670. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an antiques, a cabinetmaker and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown and South Cambie. 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 Evelyn Hearsey at 1175 Haro Street, a stenographer at UBC. B C Hersey, a cabinetmaker, is listed at 3563 Heather Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Bertram C Hersey there, a cabinetmaker.
Mrs E M Hersey is listed at 1058 Pacific Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ethel M Hersey there as the householder, in antiques. Mrs E M Hersey, in antiques, is listed at 660 Richards Street in 1940.
Today
3563 Heather still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 1175 Haro (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1058 Pacific and 660 Richards, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hearsey Evelyn sten UBC1175 Haro, p. 264
- Hersey B C cbtmkr3563 Heather, p. 82
- Hersey Bertram C cbtmkr3563 Heather, p. 269
- Hersey Mrs E M1058 Pacific, p. 124
- Hersey Mrs Ethel M antiques 660 Richards1058 Pacific, p. 269
- Hersey Mrs E M antiques660 Richards, p. 141
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Herseys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Hersey name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.