A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Hilcheys
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Hilchey at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Hilcheys lived
- 1
1357 East 21st Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G R Hilchey, an air brake fitter at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: M R Beauchamp at 1343. The block, door by door
- 2
3873 West 18th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- C A Hilchey, a carpenter 1940
- Gordon R Hilchey, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: E J Harris at 3869. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an air brake fitter and a carpenter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 R Hilchey at 1357 East 21st 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 George R Hilchey there as the householder, an air brake fitter at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists C A Hilchey at 3873 West 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Charles A Hilchey there as the householder, a carpenter, with Gordon R Hilchey, a student at UBC.
Today
3873 West 18th (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1357 East 21st, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Hilchey G R1357 East 21st, p. 232
- Hilchey Geo R air brake ftr BCER1357 East 21st, p. 272
- Hilchey C A3873 West 18th, p. 227
- Hilchey Chas A carp3873 West 18th, p. 272
- Hilchey Gordon R studt UBC3873 West 18th, p. 272
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hilcheys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Hilchey 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.