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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Houghs

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Hough 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 Houghs 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

    30 East 57th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W D Hough, a sign painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A M G Buckley at 58. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1146 Nootka Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H C Hough, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Anderson at 1182. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5981 Victoria Drive

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • E A Hough, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Hill at 5957. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    439 West 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F A Hough, a meat cutter at Spencer's 1940
    • Marian A G Hough, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: E F Ringle at 433 and J J Walleen at 447. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a carpenter, a meat cutter, a painter, a saleswoman and a sign painter. Two of them worked for Spencer's.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Riley Park, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 D Hough at 30 East 57th 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 William D Hough there as the householder, a sign painter. In 1940 the directory lists H C Hough at 1146 Nootka Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Herbert C Hough there as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists E A Hough at 5981 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section lists Ernest A Hough there as the householder, a painter. In 1940 the directory lists F A Hough at 439 West 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Hough there as the householder, a meat cutter at Spencer's, with Marian A G Hough, a saleswoman at Spencer's.

Today

30 East 57th and 1146 Nootka still have their buildings from before 1946; 5981 Victoria Drive (1978) and 439 West 21st (2011) 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

The book of the Houghs

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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.