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The Higgses

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at ten addresses

The directories print eleven people named Higgs at ten addresses in 1940 in eight 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 Higgses 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

    3956 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G H Higgs, a clerk at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Cascon at 3950 and D Kincaid at 3968. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1036 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Higgs 1940

    Next door in 1940: D N McCuaig at 1032 and Mrs I L Garland at 1044. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    521 East 31st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F Higgs, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Plesence at 515 and J Grant at 531. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1556 East 5th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Helen Higgs, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Rankin at 1566. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3309 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Edith Higgs 1940

    Next door in 1940: G K Morrison at 3321. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    366 Powell Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Higgs 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hayashiya Cafe at 362 and T Akiyama at 368. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3427 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R W Higgs, a planerman at Alberta Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C M Hollingdale at 3421 and H J Astbury at 3441. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3206 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F A Higgs, a shipper at McCleery & Weston 1940
    • Ernest E Higgs, a seaman at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B Jagoe at 3208. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1356 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Reginald W Higgs, a tractor driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E S Mackintosh at 1344 and Mrs M Sagar at 1360. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    3666 Yale Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R Higgs, a shipper at National Paper Box 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Carswell at 3644. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: a shipper (2), a clerk, a miner, a planerman, a seaman and a tractor driver. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), Kitsilano (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Strathcona. 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 G H Higgs at 3956 Commercial Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George H Higgs there as the householder, a clerk at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists J Higgs at 1036 East 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James Higgs there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists F Higgs at 521 East 31st 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 lists Frederick Higgs there as the householder, a miner. The 1940 name section lists Helen Higgs at 1556 East 5th Avenue, widow of W. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Edith Higgs at 3309 Point Grey Road.

The 1940 name section lists J Higgs at 366 Powell Street. R W Higgs is listed at 3427 Triumph Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Richard W Higgs there as the householder, a planerman at Alberta Lumber.

F A Higgs is listed at 3206 West 3rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick A Higgs there as the householder, a shipper at McCleery & Weston, with Ernest E Higgs, a seaman at Canadian Pacific Steamships. The 1940 name section lists Reginald W Higgs at 1356 West Georgia Street, a tractor driver.

In 1940 the directory lists R Higgs at 3666 Yale Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert Higgs there as the householder, a shipper at National Paper Box.

Today

1036 East 12th, 3427 Triumph, 3206 West 3rd and 3666 Yale still have their buildings from before 1946; 3956 Commercial (1993), 521 East 31st (1997) and 1556 East 5th (1987) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3309 Point Grey Road, 366 Powell and 1356 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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.