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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hollingsworths

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Hollingsworth at four 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 Hollingsworths 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

    2754 East 15th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • H R Hollingsworth, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Porritt at 2728 and A E Bishop at 2766. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    827 East 32nd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R Hollingsworth, a driver at Fleck Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Stuart at 819 and Mrs M S Young at 835. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    715 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F E Hollingsworth, a waiter at the Dufferin Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Badette Barbara at 711 and Star Loan Co at 719. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1675 West 68th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • F Hollingsworth, a helper at Western Steel Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Plumridge at 1665 and W Wouters at 1685. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a driver (2), a helper and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Marpole and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 H R Hollingsworth at 2754 East 15th 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 Harry R Hollingsworth there as the householder, a driver. In 1940 the directory lists R Hollingsworth at 827 East 32nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ron Hollingsworth there as the householder, a driver at Fleck Bros.

In 1940 the directory lists F E Hollingsworth at 715 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Francis E Hollingsworth there as the householder, a waiter at the Dufferin Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists F Hollingsworth at 1675 West 68th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Fred Hollingsworth there as the householder, a cleaner at the CPR, with Fred Hollingsworth Jr, a helper at Western Steel Products.

Today

1675 West 68th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 2754 East 15th (1985) and 827 East 32nd (1997) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 715 Robson, 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.