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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hornsbys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Hornsby 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.

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Where the Hornsbys 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

    4330 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E T Hornsby, a millworker at Alberta Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Rose at 4310 and W W Langley at 4350. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6569 Frederick Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • W S Hornsby, a laborer 1940
    • Wilfred H Hornsby, a veneer patcher 1940

    Next door in 1940: P J Harkins at 6545. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    985 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • May F Hornsby, a ward assistant at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: garnlea court at 975. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2455 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Frank R Hornsby, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss F Winning at 2445 and K Momose at 2475. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a laborer (2), a millworker, a veneer patcher and a ward assistant.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Kitsilano and Sunset. 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 E T Hornsby at 4330 Blenheim 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 Edwin T Hornsby there as the householder, a millworker at Alberta Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists W S Hornsby at 6569 Frederick Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William S Hornsby there as the householder, a laborer, with Wilfred H Hornsby, a veneer patcher.

The 1940 name section lists May F Hornsby at 985 West 10th Avenue, a ward assistant at the Vancouver General Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Frank R Hornsby at 2455 West 10th Avenue, a laborer.

Today

6569 Frederick and 2455 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4330 Blenheim (1979) and 985 West 10th (1985) 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 Hornsbys

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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.