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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hirds

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Hird at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Hirds 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

    1709 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Dorothy M Hird, a student at UBC 1940
    • Thomas Hird, of Gould & Hird 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Charlton at 1731. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    8804 Osler Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • John Hird, a laborer at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: A F Trefry at 8822. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1524 West 65th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • F W Hird, who worked for the Eburne Saw Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Allanson at 1512 and W Anderson at 1536. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a laborer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (2) and West End. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Dorothy M Hird at 1709 Haro Street, a student at UBC, with Thomas Hird, of Gould & Hird. The 1940 name section lists John Hird at 8804 Osler Street, a laborer at the BC Government. In 1940 the directory lists F W Hird at 1524 West 65th 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 W Hird there as the householder, who worked for the Eburne Saw Mills.

Today

8804 Osler (1986) and 1524 West 65th (1973) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1709 Haro, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Hirds

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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.