A family name on East 38th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Hickses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Hicks at two addresses in 1940, all on East 38th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 42 other streets too, all listed on the Hicks name's own page.
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Where the Hickses lived
- 1
243 East 38th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- B F Hicks, a janitor at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: R Bremner at 219 and C Leonard at 249. The block, door by door
- 2
445 East 38th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Florence M Hicks, widow of W 1940
- Frederick Hicks, a foreman at Empire Garage 1940
Next door in 1940: H V Howard at 441 and H Christenson at 461. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a foreman and a janitor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park (2). 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 B F Hicks at 243 East 38th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Benjamin F Hicks there as the householder, a janitor at the BC Government. The 1940 name section lists Florence M Hicks at 445 East 38th Avenue, widow of W, with Frederick Hicks, a foreman at Empire Garage.
Today
243 East 38th (1989) and 445 East 38th (2005) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hicks B F243 East 38th, p. 254
- Hicks Benj F jntr BC Govt243 East 38th, p. 271
- Hicks Florence M wid W445 East 38th, p. 271
- Hicks Fredk formn Empire Gar445 East 38th, p. 271
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hickses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Hicks 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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Another name, or a house
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.