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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hornibrooks

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at seven addresses

The directories print ten people named Hornibrook at seven addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Hornbrook. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Hornibrooks at 815 West 15th in 1940.

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Where the Hornibrooks 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

    1060 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ethel E Hornbrook, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Walter Hornbrook, who worked for the Lumbermen's Social Club 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Cowsill at 1058. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1212 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F H Hornibrook 1940

    Next door in 1940: Apex Furn at 1210 and Baggage City at 1214. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    8649 Heather Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • F R Hornbrook, a driver at McCleery & Weston 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Buchanan at 8663. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1624 Stephens Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T H Hornibrook, a publisher 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Cuthbert at 1626. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2607 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C Hornibrook, a delivery at Kirkland & Rose 1940

    Next door in 1940: J K Cheetham at 2621. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    815 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E W Hornibrook, a broker 1940
    • John Hornibrook, a clerk 1940
    • Mae E Hornibrook, a nurse for J E Black 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E J Shirley at 825. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1346 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ora Hornbrook, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: H T Morris at 1342 and J B Paris at 1348. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the ten: a broker, a clerk, a delivery, a driver, an employee and a laborer, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano (2), Downtown, Marpole 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ethel E Hornbrook at 1060 Alberni Street, an operator at the BC Telephone, with Walter Hornbrook, who worked for the Lumbermen's Social Club. The 1940 name section lists F H Hornibrook at 1212 Granville Street. In 1940 the directory lists F R Hornbrook at 8649 Heather Street. The 1940 name section lists Fred R Hornbrook there as the householder, a driver at McCleery & Weston.

In 1940 the directory lists T H Hornibrook at 1624 Stephens Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas H Hornibrook there as the householder, a publisher. In 1940 the directory lists C Hornibrook at 2607 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Calvin Hornibrook there as the householder, a delivery at Kirkland & Rose.

In 1940 the directory lists E W Hornibrook at 815 West 15th 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 Edward W Hornibrook there as the householder, a broker, with John Hornibrook, a clerk, and Mae E Hornibrook, a nurse for J E Black. The 1940 name section lists Ora Hornbrook at 1346 West 6th Avenue, a laborer at Canadian White Pine.

Today

1212 Granville and 1624 Stephens still have their buildings from before 1946; 1060 Alberni (1988) and 2607 West 14th (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8649 Heather, 815 West 15th and 1346 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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

The book of the Hornibrooks

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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.