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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Heyses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Heys at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Heyses at 6053 Battison in 1940.

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Where the Heyses 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

    6053 Battison Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • O Heys, a patternmaker at Ross & Howard 1940
    • Carmen B Heys, a school teacher 1940
    • Pauline B Heys, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Le Cerf at 6083. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2716 Cambridge Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Heys, a plumber 1940
    • Dorothy N Heys 1940
    • Gordon H Heys, a meat cutter at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G House at 2724. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4773 Elgin Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H J Heys, an electrician at Thomson & Page 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Kelman at 4761 and E G Vines at 4785. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1276 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Jack Heys, of Knights Tea & Coffee 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss J E Pounder at 1266 and rayleigh (the) at 1290. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: an electrician, a meat cutter, a patternmaker, a plumber and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Killarney. 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 O Heys at 6053 Battison 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 Oswald Heys there as the householder, a patternmaker at Ross & Howard, with Carmen B Heys, a school teacher, and Pauline B Heys, a student. In 1940 the directory lists J Heys, a plumber, at 2716 Cambridge Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Heys there, a plumber, with Dorothy N Heys, and Gordon H Heys, a meat cutter at Woodward's.

In 1940 the directory lists H J Heys at 4773 Elgin Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Herbert J Heys there as the householder, an electrician at Thomson & Page. The 1940 name section lists Jack Heys at 1276 West 13th Avenue, of Knights Tea & Coffee.

Today

6053 Battison, 2716 Cambridge and 4773 Elgin still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1276 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.