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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hugheses

In the city directories 1940 · 126 addresses on 93 streets

The directories print the Hughes name at 126 addresses on 93 streets in 1940, in 22 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 Hugheses lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End16 addresses
  2. Downtown13 addresses
  3. Hastings-Sunrise13 addresses
  4. Grandview-Woodland11 addresses
  5. Kensington-Cedar Cottage11 addresses
  6. Fairview10 addresses
  7. Mount Pleasant9 addresses
  8. Kitsilano7 addresses
  9. Sunset5 addresses
  10. Victoria-Fraserview5 addresses
  11. Kerrisdale4 addresses
  12. Renfrew-Collingwood4 addresses
  13. Arbutus Ridge3 addresses
  14. Strathcona3 addresses
  15. West Point Grey3 addresses
  16. Marpole2 addresses
  17. Riley Park2 addresses
  18. Dunbar-Southlands1 address
  19. Killarney1 address
  20. Oakridge1 address
  21. Shaughnessy1 address
  22. South Cambie1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 8th AvenueFive addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; nine people: D J Hughes, J V Hughes, Mrs E J Hughes and six more
    1940
  2. 2
    Davie StreetFour addresses in Downtown and West End; five people: G W Hughes, Mrs H Hughes, Doris Hughes and two more
    1940
  3. 3
    East 54th AvenueThree addresses in Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview; four people: F R Hughes, M Hughes, P Hughes and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    West BroadwayThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; three people: Charles N Hughes, Lottie Hughes and M Hughes
    1940
  5. 5
    West Pender StreetThree addresses in Downtown; five people: G R Hughes, D M Hughes, Elizabeth A Hughes and two more
    1940
  6. 6
    Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Esther M Hughes and Hughes (no first name printed)
    1940
  7. 7
    Charles StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; two people: A E Hughes and J L Hughes
    1940
  8. 8
    East 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; two people: G E Hughes and W L Hughes
    1940
  9. 9
    East 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: J M Hughes and L D Hughes
    1940
  10. 10
    Fraser StreetTwo addresses in Riley Park and Sunset; four people: S D Hughes, Charles Hughes, Mrs Sophia Hughes and one more
    1940
  11. 11
    Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: G R Hughes and John J Hughes
    1940
  12. 12
    Howe StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: J D Hughes and Norman O Hughes
    1940

81 more streets, by name: Abbott Street (1), Alexander Street (1), Alice Street (1), Angus Drive (1), Argyle Street (1), Atlin Street (1), Birch Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Cambridge Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Chilco Street (1), Comox Street (1), Earles Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 52nd Avenue (1), East 61st Avenue (1), East 64th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), Elm Street (1), Fleming Street (1), Franklin Street (1), French Street (1), Grant Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Haro Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Henry Street (1), Kingsway (1), Kitchener Street (1), Knight Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Lakewood Street (1), Manitoba Street (1), McGill Street (2), McLean Drive (1), Melville Street (2), Miller Street (2), Napier Street (1), Nelson Street (1), North Kootenay Street (1), Ormidale Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Powell Street (2), Quebec Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (2), Sophia Street (1), Templeton Drive (1), Turner Street (2), Venables Street (1), Wall Street (2), West 10th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (2), West 13th Avenue (2), West 15th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (2), West 31st Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 40th Avenue (2), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (2), West 70th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), Windsor Street (2).

Today

By the City's record, of the 126 addresses, 32 still have their buildings from before 1946, two have buildings standing whose year the City doesn't record, 33 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 59; each street's page names them.

The book of the Hugheses

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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.