A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Hudsons
In the city directories 1940 · 65 addresses on 58 streets
The directories print the Hudson name at 65 addresses on 58 streets in 1940, in 19 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Hudsons lived
- Downtown9 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise8 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage5 addresses
- Kitsilano5 addresses
- West End5 addresses
- West Point Grey5 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
- Fairview4 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
- Kerrisdale3 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- Sunset3 addresses
- South Cambie2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Killarney1 address
- Marpole1 address
- Mount Pleasant1 address
- Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
- Victoria-Fraserview1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Granville StreetThree addresses in Downtown; four people: Harold D Hudson, Harold Hudson, Leonard Hudson and one more1940
- 2Robson StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; four people: R W Hudson, Barry Hudson, Hudson and one more1940
- 3Turner StreetTwo addresses in Hastings-Sunrise; four people: J A Hudson, W G Hudson, Gordon G Hudson and one more1940
- 4West 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; two people: F Hudson and R G Hudson1940
- 5West 37th AvenueTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and Dunbar-Southlands; two people: G F V Hudson and J S Hudson1940
- 6West Georgia StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: Ernest W Hudson and George Hudson1940
- 7Arbutus StreetOne address in Kitsilano; one person: S Hudson1940
- 8Bidwell StreetOne address in West End; one person: May Hudson1940
- 9Bruce StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: J R Hudson1940
- 10Crown CrescentOne address in West Point Grey; one person: H W Hudson1940
- 11East 13th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; three people: C E Hudson, George R Hudson and Phyllis Hudson1940
- 12East 21st AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: Mrs E Hudson1940
46 more streets, by name: East 24th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 31st Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 62nd Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Grant Street (1), Haro Street (1), Howe Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Kamloops Street (1), Kitchener Street (1), Knight Street (1), Larch Street (1), Laurel Street (1), Locarno Crescent (1), Oxford Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Ross Street (1), Smithe Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Venables Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 48th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 66th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (1), William Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 65 addresses, 23 still have their buildings from before 1946, two have buildings standing whose year the City doesn't record, 20 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 20; each street's page names them.
The book of the Hudsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Hudson name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under H. Want a name removed? Tell us.