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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Horrockses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Horrocks at five addresses in 1940 in three 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 Horrockses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2145 East 45th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • D W Horrocks, a knitter at the Jantzen Knit Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Hodgson at 2125 and C J Fallowfield at 2155. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2120 East 46th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Mrs E M Horrocks, widow of W 1940
    • Maisie E Horrocks, a clerk at Birks 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Harlow at 2104 and T Ballantine at 2142. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1147 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • William Horrocks, a caretaker at Nelson Court 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Vassey at 1121 and J Middleton at 1155. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    8191 Osler Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • J Lester Horrocks, a cleaner at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N E Tongs at 8179. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    8207 Shaughnessy Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • J Horrocks, a cleaner at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Speed at 8235. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a cleaner (2), a caretaker, a clerk and a knitter. Two of them worked for Vancouver General Hospital. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (2), Victoria-Fraserview (2) 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 D W Horrocks at 2145 East 45th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Don W Horrocks there as the householder, a knitter at the Jantzen Knit Mills. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E M Horrocks at 2120 East 46th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edith M Horrocks there as the householder, widow of W, with Maisie E Horrocks, a clerk at Birks.

The 1940 name section lists William Horrocks at 1147 Nelson Street, a caretaker at Nelson Court. The 1940 name section lists J Lester Horrocks at 8191 Osler Street as the householder, a cleaner at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists J Horrocks at 8207 Shaughnessy Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Horrocks there as the householder, a cleaner at the Vancouver General Hospital.

Today

2145 East 45th (2007), 2120 East 46th (2006), 1147 Nelson (1986), 8191 Osler (1986) and 8207 Shaughnessy (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 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.