Vancouver / Names / H / Horning

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hornings

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Horning at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Hornings 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

    1708 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G L Horning, in meats 1940
    • Juanita J Horning, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Nakanishi at 1704 and J Peters at 1716. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4149 Cypress Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Marguerite Horning, a maid for Mrs M Abel 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Smith at 4115 and H I Bird at 4183. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    816 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • G L Horning, in meats 1940

    Next door in 1940: North Star Inn at 814 and Auditorium Hastings at 828. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1075 Gilford Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss E M Horning 1940
    • Edith M Horning, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Knox at 1025. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an operator (2), a maid and a meats. Two of them worked for BC Telephone.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Shaughnessy, Strathcona 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 G L Horning at 1708 Charles Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George L Horning there as the householder, in meats, with Juanita J Horning, an operator at the BC Telephone. The 1940 name section lists Marguerite Horning at 4149 Cypress Street, a maid for Mrs M Abel. G L Horning, in meats, is listed at 816 East Hastings Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss E M Horning at 1075 Gilford Street. The 1940 name section lists Edith M Horning there as the householder, an operator at the BC Telephone.

Today

1708 Charles, 4149 Cypress and 1075 Gilford still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 816 East Hastings, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. Not at the house at 1708 Charles: no archive photo of the 1700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.

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 Hornings

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Horning name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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.