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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Huggans

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Huggan at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Huggans 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

    78 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W S Huggan, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: G O Sibbald at 60 and Mrs M Ferguson at 96. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2746 East 2nd Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R G Huggan, an operator at Leckie 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Satterthwaite at 2738 and Mrs L E Watts at 2750. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2803 Grant Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs S Huggan, widow of W P 1940

    Next door in 1940: F L Sparks at 2817. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an operator and a school janitor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Riley Park. 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 W S Huggan at 78 East 17th Avenue; 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 William S Huggan there as the householder, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists R G Huggan at 2746 East 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert G Huggan there as the householder, an operator at Leckie.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S Huggan at 2803 Grant Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sarah Huggan there as the householder, widow of W P.

Today

2803 Grant still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 78 East 17th (2017) and 2746 East 2nd (1983) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 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.