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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hillyards

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Hillyard at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Hillyards 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

    1917 East 52nd Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • K Hillyard, a machinist tender at Canada Roof Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Fisk at 1907 and Mrs J Aalten at 1951. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2748 Graveley Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Alice L Hillyard, widow of A S 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Tuley at 2746 and R A Carncross at 2758. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2252 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M A Hillyard, widow of A E 1940
    • Frank G Hillyard, a repairerman at Central Shoe Making 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Gilbert at 2234 and M E Baker at 2264. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a machinist tender and a repairerman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano 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 K Hillyard at 1917 East 52nd 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 Ken Hillyard there as the householder, a machinist tender at Canada Roof Products. The 1940 name section lists Alice L Hillyard at 2748 Graveley Street, widow of A S.

Mrs M A Hillyard is listed at 2252 West 5th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Martha A Hillyard there as the householder, widow of A E, with Frank G Hillyard, a repairerman at Central Shoe Making.

Today

2748 Graveley still has its building from before 1946, dated 1936 by the City's record; 1917 East 52nd (1989) and 2252 West 5th (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 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.