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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Howats

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Howat at six 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 Howats 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

    6006 Dumfries Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • D M Howat, of Howat Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Christie at 6018. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2795 East 23rd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • A S Howat, proprietor of the Hastings Brass Foundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G West at 2791. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1423 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Jean Howatt 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Fletcher at 1427. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5690 Kerr Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs M Howat, widow of T 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Beaulieu at 5674. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3876 Nootka Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J T Howat, a manager at the Hastings Brass Foundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Wood at 3856. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3920 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Howat, a branch manager at the Royal Bank 1940
    • D Watson Howat, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: M A Stuart at 3912 and C H Crookall at 3926. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a branch manager, a manager and a proprietor. Two of them worked for Hastings Brass Foundry. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (3), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands 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 D M Howat at 6006 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 David M Howat there as the householder, of Howat Bros. In 1940 the directory lists A S Howat at 2795 East 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Andrew S Howat there as the householder, proprietor of the Hastings Brass Foundry.

The 1940 name section lists Jean Howatt at 1423 Howe Street. Mrs M Howat is listed at 5690 Kerr Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Howat there as the householder, widow of T.

J T Howat is listed at 3876 Nootka Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John T Howat there as the householder, a manager at the Hastings Brass Foundry. J Howat is listed at 3920 West 20th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Howat there as the householder, a branch manager at the Royal Bank, with D Watson Howat, a student.

Today

6006 Dumfries (2003), 2795 East 23rd (1990) and 3920 West 20th (2020) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1423 Howe, 5690 Kerr and 3876 Nootka, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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.