Vancouver / Names / H / Holroyd

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Holroyds

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Holroyd at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Holroyds at 3170 Waterloo in 1940.

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.

Where the Holroyds 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

    337 Dunsmuir Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frank Holroyd, a decorator at the Cave Supper Club 1940

    Next door in 1940: Master Painters' Supp at 331. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2486 Eton Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Wilson E Holroyd, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: L W Taylor at 2474 and P Schawalder at 2494. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3170 Waterloo Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G C Holroyd, a plasterer 1940
    • Freda Holroyd, a stenographer at the British Israel Association 1940
    • John E Holroyd, a stenographer 1940
  4. 4

    670 West 17th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • J H Holroyd 1940
    • Dallas A Holroyd, a delivery 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Bell at 668 and J P Humphreys at 674. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    735 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Francis E Holroyd, a gardener at the Vancouver Parks Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K B Fraser at 725 and C House at 751. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3355 West 28th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • L W Holroyd, a clerk at Standard Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Bully at 3343 and Mrs G Storey at 3367. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the nine: a stenographer (2), a clerk, a decorator, a delivery, a gardener and a laborer, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in South Cambie (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Hastings-Sunrise and 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Holroyd at 337 Dunsmuir Street, a decorator at the Cave Supper Club. The 1940 name section lists Wilson E Holroyd at 2486 Eton Street, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists G C Holroyd at 3170 Waterloo 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 lists Giles C Holroyd there as the householder, a plasterer, with Freda Holroyd, a stenographer at the British Israel Association, and John E Holroyd, a stenographer.

In 1940 the directory lists J H Holroyd at 670 West 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John H Holroyd there as the householder, with Dallas A Holroyd, a delivery. The 1940 name section lists Francis E Holroyd at 735 West 18th Avenue, a gardener at the Vancouver Parks Board.

L W Holroyd is listed at 3355 West 28th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Lawrence W Holroyd there as the householder, a clerk at Standard Oil.

Today

2486 Eton and 735 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 670 West 17th (1980) and 3355 West 28th (2003) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 337 Dunsmuir and 3170 Waterloo, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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

The book of the Holroyds

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Holroyd 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.