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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hirsts

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at seven addresses

The directories print 13 people named Hirst at seven addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Hirsts at 710 Davie in 1940.

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Where the Hirsts 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

    5124 Clarendon Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Miss M L Hirst 1940
    • Mabel L Hirst 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Staff at 5154. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    710 Davie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss P Hirst 1940
    • Phyllis Hirst, of Gladys Attree Studio 1940
    • Joyce Hirst, of Gladys Attree Studio 1940

    Next door in 1940: St John Ambulance Hall at 708 and London Gro at 712. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    595 East 26th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G V Hirst, an engineer 1940
    • T Rosemarie Hirst, a hairdresser 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Lightfoot at 575. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2668 East 8th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Charles Hirst, a laborer at Pacific Coast Pipe 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A MacLennan at 2662 and G Ambrose at 2674. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2603 Mackenzie Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C Hirst, retired 1940
    • Bernard Hirst, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: B A Howard at 2607. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    364 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Winifred R Hirst, a comptroller operator at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss J F Kilburn at 356 and P A White at 376. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3128 West 26th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C Cath Hirst 1940
    • Mrs Kate McD Hirst 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss V Murray at 3106 and Mrs C A Grierson at 3160. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the 13: a comptroller operator, an engineer, a hairdresser and a laborer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood and Riley Park. 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 Miss M L Hirst at 5124 Clarendon Street; 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 Mabel L Hirst there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Miss P Hirst at 710 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists Phyllis Hirst there as the householder, of Gladys Attree Studio, with Joyce Hirst, of Gladys Attree Studio.

In 1940 the directory lists G V Hirst at 595 East 26th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George V Hirst there as the householder, an engineer, with T Rosemarie Hirst, a hairdresser. The 1940 name section lists Charles Hirst at 2668 East 8th Avenue as the householder, a laborer at Pacific Coast Pipe.

C Hirst is listed at 2603 Mackenzie Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles Hirst there as the householder, retired, with Bernard Hirst, retired. The 1940 name section lists Winifred R Hirst at 364 West 10th Avenue, a comptroller operator at BC Plywoods. The 1940 name section lists C Cath Hirst at 3128 West 26th Avenue, with Mrs Kate McD Hirst.

Today

2668 East 8th and 2603 Mackenzie still have their buildings from before 1946; 595 East 26th (1978) and 3128 West 26th (1971) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5124 Clarendon, 710 Davie and 364 West 10th, 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.