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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hornbys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Hornby at three addresses in 1940 in Kitsilano. 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 Hornbys 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

    2045 Maple Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Hornby, a mechanic at Marshall's Super Service 1940
  2. 2

    3485 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Hornby, a salesman at Brettell Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C M Crawshaw at 3435 and C S Lindberg at 3495. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2113 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E E Hornby 1940
    • Eleanor Hornby 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Hilton at 2101 and Mrs M A Ryan-Lewis at 2117. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a mechanic and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3). 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 J Hornby at 2045 Maple Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Hornby there as the householder, a mechanic at Marshall's Super Service. In 1940 the directory lists W Hornby at 3485 West 14th Avenue; 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 William Hornby there as the householder, a salesman at Brettell Ltd.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E E Hornby at 2113 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ellen E Hornby there as the householder, with Eleanor Hornby.

Today

2045 Maple still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 3485 West 14th (2012) and 2113 West 4th (1956) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Hornbys

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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.