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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hourstons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Hourston at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Houriston. 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 Hourstons at 3258 Dumfries in 1940.

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Where the Hourstons 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

    3258 Dumfries Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs A Houriston 1940
    • Clarence B Hourston, a salesman 1940
    • William T Hourston, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McLeod at 3250 and M Mortensen at 3266. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2888 East Georgia Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A L Hourston, who worked for Gordon & Belyea 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Graham at 2878 and C C Miller at 2896. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3157 Parker Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E J Hourston, a salesman for Cowan Dodson 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Allardyce at 3153 and A I Miles at 3165. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a salesman (2), a carpenter and an employee.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) 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 Mrs A Houriston at 3258 Dumfries 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 Mrs Annie Hourston there as the householder, with Clarence B Hourston, a salesman, and William T Hourston, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists A L Hourston at 2888 East Georgia Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur L Hourston there as the householder, who worked for Gordon & Belyea.

In 1940 the directory lists E J Hourston at 3157 Parker Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edwin J Hourston there as the householder, a salesman for Cowan Dodson.

Today

3258 Dumfries still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 2888 East Georgia (1980) and 3157 Parker (1984) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.