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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hoveys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Hovey 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 Hoveys 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

    2930 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • D N Hovey 1940
    • Don M Hovey, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Shaugh Heights French Cleaners at 2928 and Clark's Mrs Treasures at 2932. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1173 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Charles Hovey 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B Pitman at 1171. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    210 North Garden Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs Linda Hovey 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Ihaksi at 208 and Mrs D Little at 212. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a fireman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Grandview-Woodland 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

In 1940 the directory lists D N Hovey at 2930 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Don M Hovey there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists Charles Hovey at 1173 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Linda Hovey at 210 North Garden Drive.

Today

2930 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1173 Nelson and 210 North Garden Drive, 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 2930 Granville: no archive photo of the 2900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Hoveys

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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.