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The Homes

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Home 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.

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Where the Homes 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

    2421 Burrard Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Investments Home 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Grist at 2417 and T Fox at 2425. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1266 East 27th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Fuels Home 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Harris at 1254 and Mrs M Beach at 1272. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1731 East 6th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs L Home, widow of G 1940
    • Thomas C Home, a physician instructor at McDonalds Remedial Gym 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Jamieson at 1729 and Mrs M P Hastings at 1733. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2870 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • James C Home, a helper at the Vancouver Iron Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Glaze at 2886. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    342 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Improvement Plan Home 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Beck at 340 and Lunch Pender at 344. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    912 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Kookery Home, a delicatessen 1940

    Next door in 1940: H D Arnold at 904 and Finance Winram at 914. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a delicatessen, a helper and a physician instructor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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

In 1940 the directory lists Investments Home at 2421 Burrard Street. Fuels Home is listed at 1266 East 27th Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L Home at 1731 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lily Home there as the householder, widow of G, with Thomas C Home, a physician instructor at McDonalds Remedial Gym.

The 1940 name section lists James C Home at 2870 Turner Street, a helper at the Vancouver Iron Works. Improvement Plan Home is listed at 342 West Pender Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists Kookery Home at 912 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Kookery Home there, a delicatessen.

Today

1731 East 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 1266 East 27th (2008) and 2870 Turner (1982) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2421 Burrard, 342 West Pender and 912 West Pender, so those buildings are 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.