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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Holders

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Holder 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 Holders 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

    175 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs C J Holder, widow of F 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hux Lunch at 169. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1050 Jervis Street

    West End, 1940

    • Clarence Holder 1940
  3. 3

    784 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • William B Holder, a checker at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E I Johnston at 752. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2344 Vine Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Thomas M Holder, a chemist at Shanahan's 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Sturgeon at 2336. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1958 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A M Holder, a salesman at Western Sales Book 1940
    • Ron M Holder, a meter reader at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Isman at 1956 and Miss M H Busteed at 1966. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2912 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Irene Holder 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R Lister at 2920. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a checker, a chemist, a meter reader and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), West End (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs C J Holder at 175 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charity J Holder there as the householder, widow of F. The 1940 name section lists Clarence Holder at 1050 Jervis Street. The 1940 name section lists William B Holder at 784 Thurlow Street, a checker at the Vancouver Hotel.

The 1940 name section lists Thomas M Holder at 2344 Vine Street as the householder, a chemist at Shanahan's. A M Holder is listed at 1958 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alfred M Holder there as the householder, a salesman at Western Sales Book, with Ron M Holder, a meter reader at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Irene Holder at 2912 West 12th Avenue.

Today

175 East Broadway, 784 Thurlow, 2344 Vine and 2912 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 784 Thurlow on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1050 Jervis (1971) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1958 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.