A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Hossies
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Hossie at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Hossies at 3284 East 44th in 1940.
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Where the Hossies lived
- 1
3284 East 44th Avenue
Killarney, 1940
- W L Hossie, a cattle dealer 1940
- John M Hossie, a clerk at Gault Bros 1940
- W Russell Hossie, a delivery for C Korsch 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Macdonald at 3274 and K McPherson at 3290. The block, door by door
- 2
4990 Marguerite Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- D N Hossie, of Davis Pugh Hossie Lett & Marshall 1940
Next door in 1940: P A Wootten at 4970. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a cattle dealer, a clerk and a delivery.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Killarney and Shaughnessy. 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 W L Hossie at 3284 East 44th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William L Hossie there as the householder, a cattle dealer, with John M Hossie, a clerk at Gault Bros, and W Russell Hossie, a delivery for C Korsch. In 1940 the directory lists D N Hossie at 4990 Marguerite 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 lists D Neil Hossie there as the householder, of Davis Pugh Hossie Lett & Marshall.
Today
The City no longer lists 3284 East 44th and 4990 Marguerite, so those buildings are 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.
- Hossie W L3284 East 44th, p. 260
- Hossie John M clk Gault Bros3284 East 44th, p. 283
- Hossie W Russell del C Korsch3284 East 44th, p. 283
- Hossie Wm L cattle dlr3284 East 44th, p. 283
- *Hossie D N4990 Marguerite, p. 111
- Hossie D Neil of Davis Pugh Hossie Lett & Marshall4990 Marguerite, p. 283
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.