A family name on Blenheim Street, Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano and Kerrisdale
The Hollands
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Holland at one address, 2290 Blenheim Street in Kitsilano, in 1940, with the close spelling Holand. The directories print the name on 35 other streets too, all listed on the Holland name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Hollands at home
- 1
2290 Blenheim Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- F H Holland, an agent at Manufacturers Life 1940
- Frank B Holland, a secretary at the Great Northern Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: W P Evans at 2280. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an agent and a secretary.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Kitsilano. 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 May 1923 F H Holland took out the permit to build a house at 2290 Blenheim Street. In 1940 the directory lists F H Holland at 2290 Blenheim 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 Francis H Holland there as the householder, an agent at Manufacturers Life, with Frank B Holland, a secretary at the Great Northern Railway.
Today
2290 Blenheim still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Holland F H2290 Blenheim, p. 13
- Holland Francis H agt Mfrs Life2290 Blenheim, p. 277
- Holland Frank B sec GNR2290 Blenheim, p. 277
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hollands
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Holland name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.