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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hos

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Ho at six 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 Hos 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

    19 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Yet Kon Ho, proprietor of Yukon Uniform 1940

    Next door in 1940: Guey Bros at 17 and “Orientals” at 21. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    31 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Loy Hoo, of Woodland Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Kuo Kong Silk Co at 27 and Gum Sun Co at 33. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    150 East Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Yok Nam Ho, proprietor of Lam Kee 1940

    Next door in 1940: Fook Shang Meat Mkt at 148 and Wing Lung Co at 152. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    660 Smithe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mow Yee Hoo, proprietor of J W Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: Abrams Z Ltd at 664. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    304 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Sing Ho, proprietor of Economy Grocery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wong Yet at 312. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    22 West 5th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Ho 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Goertson at 16 and Mrs L Jang at 28. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a proprietor (4).

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (4), Mount Pleasant and Strathcona. 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 Yet Kon Ho at 19 East Pender Street, proprietor of Yukon Uniform. The 1940 name section lists Loy Hoo at 31 East Pender Street, of Woodland Cafe. The 1940 name section lists Yok Nam Ho at 150 East Pender Street, proprietor of Lam Kee. The 1940 name section lists Mow Yee Hoo at 660 Smithe Street, proprietor of J W Laundry.

In 1940 the directory lists Sing Ho at 304 Union Street. The 1940 name section lists Sing Ho there as the householder, proprietor of Economy Grocery. In 1940 the directory lists A Ho at 22 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Ho there as the householder.

Today

The City no longer lists 19 East Pender, 31 East Pender, 150 East Pender, 660 Smithe, 304 Union and 22 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Hos

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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.