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A family name on Cypress Street, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Holmeses

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Holmes at three addresses in 1940, all on Cypress Street, with the close spelling Holms. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 59 other streets too, all listed on the Holmes name's own page.

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Where the Holmeses 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

    4362 Cypress Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • F T Holmes, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: C R Bissett at 4338 and J E Beek at 4388. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6439 Cypress Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • A Holmes, in mailing at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Hamilton at 6443. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6741 Cypress Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • F B Holmes, a manager at Restwell Upholstery 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Dixon at 6725 and W H MacInnes at 6757. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a mailing, a manager and a manufacturers agent.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2) and Shaughnessy. 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 F T Holmes at 4362 Cypress 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 Frederick T Holmes there as the householder, a manufacturers agent. In 1940 the directory lists A Holmes at 6439 Cypress Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Holmes there as the householder, retired, with Alfred R C Holmes, in mailing at the Sun.

In 1940 the directory lists F B Holmes at 6741 Cypress Street. The 1940 name section lists Frederic B Holmes there as the householder, a manager at Restwell Upholstery.

Today

4362 Cypress and 6439 Cypress still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 6741 Cypress, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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.