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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hobys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Hoby 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 Hobys 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

    6207 Dunbar Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • M J Hoby, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss R H Franklin at 6203 and P W Easthope at 6275. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2066 East 27th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs S J Hoby, widow of W J 1940
    • Granville Hoby, a salesman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Short at 2058 and E Butler at 2072. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    153 West 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W V Hoby, a salesman at Woodward's 1940
    • Norma K Hoby, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: G T Carkner at 139 and J T Hanna at 159. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a salesman (2), an employee and a school janitor. Two of them worked for Woodward's. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 M J Hoby at 6207 Dunbar 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 Melville J Hoby there as the householder, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S J Hoby at 2066 East 27th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sarah J Hoby there as the householder, widow of W J, with Granville Hoby, a salesman at Woodward's.

In 1940 the directory lists W V Hoby at 153 West 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William V Hoby there as the householder, a salesman at Woodward's, with Norma K Hoby, who worked for the BC Telephone.

Today

153 West 20th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 6207 Dunbar (1981) and 2066 East 27th (2011) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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, 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.