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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Housleys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Housley at six 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.

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Where the Housleys lived

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

    5078 Gladstone Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Charles Housley, a wireman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Bootle at 5064 and E H Jones at 5094. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    8384 Granville Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • C J Housley, a meterman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: N R Bailey at 8316. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    8550 Granville Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • W A Housley, an engineer 1940
  4. 4

    1215 Pacific Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs N B Housley 1940
    • Nellie B Housley, proprietor of the Welcome Wagon Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: B L Ross at 1209 and Mrs E F Marshall at 1217. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5611 Trafalgar Street

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • W C Housley, a clerk at Sun Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R E Clay at 5637. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2242 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L W Housley, an electrician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Kitsilano Elec at 2232 and Kitsilano Cafe at 2246. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a clerk, an electrician, an engineer, a meterman, a proprietor and a wireman. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (2), Arbutus Ridge, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano and West End. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles Housley at 5078 Gladstone Street, a wireman at the BC Electric Railway. C J Housley is listed at 8384 Granville Street in 1940; 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 Charles J Housley there as the householder, a meterman at the BC Electric Railway.

W A Housley is listed at 8550 Granville Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter A Housley there as the householder, an engineer. Mrs N B Housley is listed at 1215 Pacific Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Nellie B Housley there, proprietor of the Welcome Wagon Service.

W C Housley is listed at 5611 Trafalgar Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Walter C Housley there as the householder, a clerk at Sun Life. L W Housley is listed at 2242 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Lloyd W Housley there as the householder, an electrician.

Today

5078 Gladstone, 5611 Trafalgar and 2242 West 4th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1215 Pacific (1976) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8384 Granville and 8550 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 8384 Granville: no archive photo of the 8300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Housleys

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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.