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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Howeys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Howey at four 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 Howeys lived

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

    1837 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H Howey, of H & H Box 1940
    • Margaret G Howey, a machinist operator at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E McGregor at 1829 and K Poulsen at 1839. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2730 Main Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • James Howey, a fireman at Pacific Coyle Navigation 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A MacKichan at 2726 and C W Cropley at 2734. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1047 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G H Howey, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: M McNeil at 1043 and D O Lewis at 1055. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1627 West 4th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W Howey, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Senft at 1623 and Mrs M E Whittaker at 1629. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a carpenter, a fireman and a machinist operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 H Howey at 1837 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harry Howey there as the householder, of H & H Box, with Margaret G Howey, a machinist operator at American Can. The 1940 name section lists James Howey at 2730 Main Street, a fireman at Pacific Coyle Navigation.

G H Howey is listed at 1047 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George H Howey there as the householder, a carpenter. W Howey is listed at 1627 West 4th Avenue 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 Wesley Howey there as the householder, retired.

Today

The City no longer lists 1837 East 11th, 2730 Main, 1047 West 12th and 1627 West 4th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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

The book of the Howeys

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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.