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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hipwells

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Hipwell at seven 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 Hipwells at 1232 East 14th in 1940.

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Where the Hipwells lived

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

    1795 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H R Hipwell, a furniture 1940

    Next door in 1940: Victoria Prod at 1743. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1815 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H R Hipwell, a furniture 1940

    Next door in 1940: Crystal Dairy at 1803 and mackenzie block at 1817. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1232 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • D Hipwell, a plasterer 1940
    • John Hipwell, a clerk for Gardiner Wardrop 1940
    • Miss M M Hipwell, a waitress at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Hamilton at 1228 and J W Dew at 1240. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1743 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H R Hipwell, a furniture 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss R Mould at 1737 and A A McKay at 1749. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    540 Helmcken Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F T Hipwell, a trainman 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Smith at 538 and E Schofield at 542. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3105 Parker Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Hipwell, a salesman for H R Hipwell 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Le Vasseur at 3115. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    5437 Vine Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • H S Hipwell, a local manager at the Enterprise Foundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: G R Kendall at 5411 and Dr A M Menzies at 5463. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a clerk, a furniture, a local manager, a plasterer, a salesman and a trainman, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3), Arbutus Ridge, Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise and Mount Pleasant. 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 H R Hipwell, a furniture, at 1795 Commercial Drive. H R Hipwell, a furniture, is listed at 1815 Commercial Drive in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists D Hipwell at 1232 East 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Denis Hipwell there as the householder, a plasterer, with Denis R Hipwell, John Hipwell, a clerk for Gardiner Wardrop, and Miss M M Hipwell, a waitress at the Hudson's Bay Company.

In 1940 the directory lists H R Hipwell at 1743 East 7th 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 Herbert R Hipwell there as the householder, a furniture. In 1940 the directory lists F T Hipwell at 540 Helmcken Street. The 1940 name section lists Frederick T Hipwell there as the householder, a trainman.

In 1940 the directory lists J Hipwell at 3105 Parker Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Jack Hipwell there as the householder, a salesman for H R Hipwell. In 1940 the directory lists H S Hipwell at 5437 Vine Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hedley S Hipwell there as the householder, a local manager at the Enterprise Foundry.

Today

1232 East 14th, 1743 East 7th and 540 Helmcken still have their buildings from before 1946, 540 Helmcken on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3105 Parker (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1795 Commercial Drive, 1815 Commercial Drive and 5437 Vine, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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.