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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hoskins

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Hoskin at three 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 Hoskins 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

    4430 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J L W Hoskin, an assistant appraiser at the Customs 1940
    • Audrey V Hoskin 1940

    Next door in 1940: E C Benson at 4410. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1145 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Geoffrey G Hoskin, a machinist operator at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: T S Preece at 1135 and L Lotzkar at 1155. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2947 West 41st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • S L Hoskin, a yard foreman at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Amey at 2943 and H M Robertson at 2953. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an assistant appraiser, a machinist operator and a yard foreman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview and Kerrisdale. 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 J L W Hoskin at 4430 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 Joseph L W Hoskin there as the householder, an assistant appraiser at the Customs, with Audrey V Hoskin. The 1940 name section lists Geoffrey G Hoskin at 1145 West 13th Avenue, a machinist operator at American Can.

S L Hoskin is listed at 2947 West 41st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Stan L Hoskin there as the householder, a yard foreman at the CNR.

Today

4430 Blenheim and 2947 West 41st still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1145 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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.