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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hoffmeisters

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Hoffmeister at six addresses in 1940 in five 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 Hoffmeisters 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

    4749 Belmont Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • B M Hoffmeister 1940

    Next door in 1940: W N Kemp at 4743 and D Symington at 4773. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1271 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R Hoffmeister, an electrician engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Orr & Loveday at 1269 and J J Osborne at 1273. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3661 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Hoffmeister, an electrician for R Hoffmeister 1940
    • Elizabeth L Hoffmeister, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Wells at 3641 and P L Englefield at 3671. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    761 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • R Hoffmeister 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Van Blarcom at 741 and E H Millinship at 779. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2150 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L G Hoffmeister, a planerman at BC Fir 1940
    • F Aldyne Hoffmeister, a stenographer at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Coleman at 2146 and Mrs E Larson at 2158. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1555 West 59th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • Miss A A Hoffmeister 1940
    • Anna A Hoffmeister 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Jones at 1549 and W H Baldock at 1563. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the nine: an assistant, an electrician, a planerman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Downtown, Marpole, West End and West Point Grey. 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 B M Hoffmeister at 4749 Belmont 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Bertram M Hoffmeister there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists R Hoffmeister, an electrician engineer, at 1271 Granville Street.

J Hoffmeister is listed at 3661 Point Grey Road in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Jacob Hoffmeister there as the householder, an electrician for R Hoffmeister, with Elizabeth L Hoffmeister, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library. R Hoffmeister is listed at 761 Thurlow Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

In 1940 the directory lists L G Hoffmeister at 2150 West 1st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Louis G Hoffmeister there as the householder, a planerman at BC Fir, with F Aldyne Hoffmeister, a stenographer at BC Plywoods. In 1940 the directory lists Miss A A Hoffmeister at 1555 West 59th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Anna A Hoffmeister there as the householder.

Today

3661 Point Grey Road and 1555 West 59th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4749 Belmont (2019) and 2150 West 1st (1964) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1271 Granville and 761 Thurlow, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road
About 1912 A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road. Not at the house at 3661 Point Grey Road: no archive photo of the 3600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Bu P113.3. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 12 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.