A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Holmeses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Holmes at two addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue, with the close spelling Holms. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
- 1
2956 West 11th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs A Holmes 1940
- Mildred Holmes, a tailoress for C Claman 1940
Next door in 1940: J M Rylander at 2946 and J A Porterfield at 2966. The block, door by door
- 2
3015 West 11th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Isobel B Holmes, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs L J Howse at 3005 and B F Priest at 3025. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a school teacher and a tailoress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 Mrs A Holmes at 2956 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Annie Holmes there as the householder, with Mildred Holmes, a tailoress for C Claman. The 1940 name section lists Isobel B Holmes at 3015 West 11th Avenue, a school teacher.
Today
3015 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 2956 West 11th (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Holmes Mrs A2956 West 11th, p. 204
- Holmes Mrs Annie2956 West 11th, p. 278
- Holmes Mildred tailoress C Claman2956 West 11th, p. 279
- Holmes Isobel B sch tchr Van City3015 West 11th, p. 279
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Holmeses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Holmes 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.