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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Holmes

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Holme at four 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 Holmes 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

    1650 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Edgar Holme 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Hankin at 1656. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3040 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J H Holme, a laborer at Buckerfield's 1940

    Next door in 1940: T C Fifield at 3032 and Mrs E Shearer at 3050. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1004 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • H J Holme 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Martin at 1002 and F Adair at 1006. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2123 West 46th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • C Holme, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940

    Next door in 1940: M H W Heller at 2117 and J C Lyons at 2131. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a laborer and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Kerrisdale 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edgar Holme at 1650 Barclay Street. J H Holme is listed at 3040 East 22nd Avenue in 1940; 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 lists James H Holme there as the householder, a laborer at Buckerfield's. H J Holme is listed at 1004 Haro Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists C Holme at 2123 West 46th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles Holme there as the householder, a salesman at Associated Dairies.

Today

1650 Barclay (1956), 3040 East 22nd (1974) and 2123 West 46th (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1004 Haro, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.