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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hopkinsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Hopkinson 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 Hopkinsons 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

    2095 East 43rd Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • H Hopkinson, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Bowers at 2085. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    932 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • C E Hopkinson 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Januszkiewicz at 910 and Loyal Laundry at 956. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1040 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Lucille Hopkinson, a packer at Canadian Wind Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Mynott at 1030 and T J Wellman at 1046. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1487 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H Hopkinson, a postman 1940

    Next door in 1940: shaughnessy mansions at 1483. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1529 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F D Hopkinson, a printer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Matsuo at 1525 and M Yamamura at 1541. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1275 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Charles Hopkinson 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Dixon at 1269 and H Melander at 1283. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a millworker, a packer, a postman and a printer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Downtown, Strathcona, Victoria-Fraserview and West End. 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 H Hopkinson at 2095 East 43rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harold Hopkinson there as the householder, a millworker at BC Plywoods. In 1940 the directory lists C E Hopkinson at 932 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Charles E Hopkinson there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Lucille Hopkinson at 1040 Harwood Street, a packer at Canadian Wind Bakeries. H Hopkinson is listed at 1487 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry Hopkinson there as the householder, a postman.

F D Hopkinson is listed at 1529 West 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists F Don Hopkinson there as the householder, a printer. The 1940 name section lists Charles Hopkinson at 1275 West Georgia Street.

Today

2095 East 43rd (1965) and 1529 West 6th (1996) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 932 East Hastings, 1040 Harwood, 1487 West 15th and 1275 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.