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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hortins

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at seven addresses

The directories print eleven people named Hortin at seven addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Hortins at 111 East 42nd in 1940.

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Where the Hortins lived

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

    986 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C L Hortin, a manager at Maytag Service & Parts 1940

    Next door in 1940: O M McMahon at 976. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    975 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Hortin 1940
    • Elsie M Hortin, a stenographer at General Paint 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Skinner at 949 and E MacLeod at 977. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1339 East 19th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • William Hortin, an electrician at the Vancouver Iron Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Thompson at 1333 and C W Vollet at 1345. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    111 East 42nd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Mrs F Hortin 1940
    • A Alex Hortin, an electrician 1940
    • Margaret Hortin, a stenographer for A R Williams 1940

    Next door in 1940: A O'Dell at 103 and C Seaton at 127. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    242 East 44th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Arthur H Hortin, a boundaryworker at BC Underwriters 1940
    • Elsie L Hortin, a clerk at BC Underwriters 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Pearson at 256. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2641 East 7th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H Hortin, a driver at Empress Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Vosper at 2629 and N Noble at 2645. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    5611 Wallace Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R E Hortin, an inspector at the Union Insurance Society of Canton 1940

    Next door in 1940: D E Nunn at 5637. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for nine of the eleven: an electrician (2), a stenographer (2), a boundaryworker, a clerk, a driver and an inspector, among others. Two of them worked for BC Underwriters.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Sunset (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Hastings-Sunrise and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 C L Hortin at 986 East 10th 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 Charles L Hortin there as the householder, a manager at Maytag Service & Parts. In 1940 the directory lists A Hortin at 975 East 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Hortin there as the householder, with Elsie M Hortin, a stenographer at General Paint.

The 1940 name section lists William Hortin at 1339 East 19th Avenue, an electrician at the Vancouver Iron Works. Mrs F Hortin is listed at 111 East 42nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Florence Hortin there as the householder, with A Alex Hortin, an electrician, and Margaret Hortin, a stenographer for A R Williams. The 1940 name section lists Arthur H Hortin at 242 East 44th Avenue as the householder, a boundaryworker at BC Underwriters, with Elsie L Hortin, a clerk at BC Underwriters.

In 1940 the directory lists H Hortin at 2641 East 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Herbert Hortin there as the householder, a driver at Empress Manufacturing. In 1940 the directory lists R E Hortin at 5611 Wallace Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ralph E Hortin there as the householder, an inspector at the Union Insurance Society of Canton.

Today

975 East 11th, 1339 East 19th, 2641 East 7th and 5611 Wallace still have their buildings from before 1946; 111 East 42nd (1983) and 242 East 44th (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 986 East 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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.