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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hesses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Hesse at five 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 Hesses 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

    601 Bute Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Lewis B Hesse, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs D E Macnaughton at 647. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    743 Cambie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C A Hesse, a longshoreman 1940
    • Earle Hesse, a deckhand 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs V Grundy at 741 and W Powar at 745. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1225 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • F Hesse, an importer 1940

    Next door in 1940: queen anne gardens at 1235. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1396 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F Hesse, an importer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mansell T A Co at 1394. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    717 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • F L Hesse, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K B Fraser at 725. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a deckhand, an importer, a laborer and a longshoreman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), South Cambie and West End. 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 Lewis B Hesse at 601 Bute Street, retired. C A Hesse is listed at 743 Cambie Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Cory A Hesse there as the householder, a longshoreman, with Earle Hesse, a deckhand.

F Hesse is listed at 1225 Nelson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Hesse there as the householder, an importer. F Hesse, an importer, is listed at 1396 Richards Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists F L Hesse at 717 West 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frank L Hesse there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

601 Bute, 1225 Nelson and 717 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946, 601 Bute on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 743 Cambie and 1396 Richards, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Hesses

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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.