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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Higginsons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Higginson at six 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. The most under one roof: three Higginsons at 326 East 20th in 1940.

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Where the Higginsons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    326 East 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • D Higginson, an engineer 1940
    • Robert Higginson, a mechanic at Garvin Ice & Fuel 1940
    • William Higginson, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: L C Eavery at 320 and B R Sewell at 328. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    232 East 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • D Higginson, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Lockett at 230 and W R Broughton at 238. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    272 East 4th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G R Higginson, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R Roberts at 266. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1943 East 54th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • C E Higginson, a meat cutter at Spencer's 1940
  5. 5

    2253 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G W Higginson, a superintendent at Alberta Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Shirley at 2245 and Mrs B F Woodrow at 2261. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    347 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G E Higginson, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dom Conf at 345 and Docker's Mens Wear at 353. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all eight: a laborer (2), an engineer, a logger, a meat cutter, a mechanic and a painter, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Downtown, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 D Higginson at 326 East 20th Avenue; 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 David Higginson there as the householder, an engineer, with Robert Higginson, a mechanic at Garvin Ice & Fuel, and William Higginson, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists D Higginson at 232 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists David Higginson there as the householder, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists G R Higginson at 272 East 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George R Higginson there as the householder, a logger. In 1940 the directory lists C E Higginson at 1943 East 54th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles E Higginson there as the householder, a meat cutter at Spencer's.

In 1940 the directory lists G W Higginson at 2253 West 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Garnet W Higginson there as the householder, a superintendent at Alberta Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists G E Higginson at 347 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists George E Higginson there as the householder, a painter.

Today

326 East 20th (1981) and 272 East 4th (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 232 East 21st, 1943 East 54th and 2253 West 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 347 West Pender, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 14 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.