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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hoffars

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Hoffar at two addresses in 1940 in West End. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Hoffars 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

    975 Chilco Street

    West End, 1940

    • J B Hoffar, a president at Hoffar's Ltd 1940
    • James R Hoffar, a mechanic at Hoffar's Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: chatelaine at 905. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1284 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss M E Hoffar 1940
    • Marjorie E Hoffar, a stenographer at Belding-Corticelli 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E M Whitehead at 1270. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a mechanic, a president and a stenographer. Two of them worked for Hoffar's Ltd.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2). 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 J B Hoffar at 975 Chilco Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James B Hoffar there as the householder, a president at Hoffar's Ltd, with James R Hoffar, a mechanic at Hoffar's Ltd. In 1940 the directory lists Miss M E Hoffar at 1284 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Marjorie E Hoffar there as the householder, a stenographer at Belding-Corticelli.

Today

975 Chilco still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1284 Nelson, 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, 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.