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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hongs

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at eight addresses

The directories print eight people named Hong at eight 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 Hongs 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

    224 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Lin Hong, of Dandy Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Kee Sing at 214 and B C Pool Room at 228. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    245 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • See Hong, proprietor of Lum Chong Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lion's Gate Serv Sta at 229 and Sin Lee Co at 249. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    320 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Fook Tong Hong 1940

    Next door in 1940: Som Low at 318 and “Orientals” at 322. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2941 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Thomas Hong, a manager at Shaughnessy Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: Safeway Stores at 2933 and F Iring at 2949. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    568 Keefer Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Hong 1940
  6. 6

    5687 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Kee Hong, in fruit and produce 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs Y Uyenobu at 5685 and J Sewell at 5697. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    48 Water Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Wo Hong, who ran a laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: Brown H & Sons at 50. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3742 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Ho Hong, of Dick Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sterling Food Mkts at 3734 and S Ferguson at 3744. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a fruit and produce, a laundry, a manager and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (4), Downtown, Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and West Point Grey. 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 Lin Hong at 224 East Pender Street, of Dandy Cafe, with Lin Fee Hong, of Dandy Cafe. The 1940 name section lists See Hong at 245 East Pender Street, proprietor of Lum Chong Co. In 1940 the directory lists Fook Tong Hong at 320 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Fook Tong Hong there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Thomas Hong at 2941 Granville Street, a manager at Hong Bros, with Thomas Hong, a manager at Shaughnessy Market. J Hong is listed at 568 Keefer Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Joe Hong there as the householder.

Kee Hong, in produce, is listed at 5687 Victoria Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Kee Hong there, in fruit and produce. Wo Hong, a laundry, is listed at 48 Water Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Wo Hong there, who ran a laundry.

The 1940 name section lists Ho Hong at 3742 West 10th Avenue, of Dick Bros.

Today

3742 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 245 East Pender (1948) and 568 Keefer (1979) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 224 East Pender, 320 East Pender, 2941 Granville, 5687 Victoria Drive and 48 Water, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 224 East Pender: no archive photo of the 200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 14 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.