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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Holdsworths

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Holdsworth at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Holdsworths lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1252 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • E S Holdsworth, a movie operator at the Grandview Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Scott at 1248 and F Donnelly at 1264. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    177 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • L C Holdsworth, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: T H G Sterling at 169. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2344 Vine Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T M Holdsworth 1940

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

  4. 4

    2451 West 36th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • E W Holdsworth, an agent for Metro Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Sayer at 2427 and H McLean at 2475. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1974 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mary E Holdsworth, widow of G 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Murray at 1960 and W F Wootton at 1984. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an agent, a movie operator and an on active service. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Arbutus Ridge, Mount Pleasant 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 E S Holdsworth at 1252 East 13th 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 Ernest Holdsworth there as the householder, a movie operator at the Grandview Theatre. In 1940 the directory lists L C Holdsworth at 177 East 24th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Leonard C Holdsworth there as the householder, on active service.

In 1940 the directory lists T M Holdsworth at 2344 Vine Street. E W Holdsworth is listed at 2451 West 36th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Earl W Holdsworth there as the householder, an agent for Metro Life. The 1940 name section lists Mary E Holdsworth at 1974 West 7th Avenue, widow of G.

Today

1252 East 13th and 2344 Vine still have their buildings from before 1946; 2451 West 36th (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 177 East 24th and 1974 West 7th, 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, 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.