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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hornalls

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Hornall at four addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Hornal. 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 Hornalls 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

    4004 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R P Hornal, proprietor of Selkirk Grocery 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Holmes at 4038. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1460 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Miss A G Hornall, a baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Grandview Jwlrs at 1464. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1808 East 1st Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs J Hornall, widow of J 1940
    • Annie G Hornall, a baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S M Long at 1800 and Mrs B J Davidson at 1822. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2294 Napier Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J C Hornall, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Fillingham at 2282. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a baker, a proprietor and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 R P Hornal at 4004 Commercial 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert P Hornal there as the householder, proprietor of Selkirk Grocery. In 1940 the directory lists Miss A G Hornall, a baker, at 1460 Commercial Drive.

Mrs J Hornall is listed at 1808 East 1st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jane Hornall there as the householder, widow of J, with Annie G Hornall, a baker. J C Hornall is listed at 2294 Napier Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James C Hornall there as the householder, a salesman.

Today

1808 East 1st and 2294 Napier still have their buildings from before 1946; 4004 Commercial (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1460 Commercial Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.