A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Hugheses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Hughes at two addresses in 1940, all on East 7th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 92 other streets too, all listed on the Hughes name's own page.
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Where the Hugheses lived
- 1
864 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J M Hughes, a laborer at BC Fir 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A L Charlton at 862 and R W Watson at 868. The block, door by door
- 2
2651 East 7th Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- L D Hughes, a salesman at Robertsons Bakeries 1940
Next door in 1940: N Noble at 2645 and W E Brereton at 2659. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a laborer and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise 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 J M Hughes at 864 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James M Hughes there as the householder, a laborer at BC Fir. In 1940 the directory lists L D Hughes at 2651 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Laurence D Hughes there as the householder, a salesman at Robertsons Bakeries.
Today
2651 East 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 864 East 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hughes J M864 East 7th, p. 190
- Hughes Jas M lab BC Fir864 East 7th, p. 287
- Hughes L D2651 East 7th, p. 190
- Hughes Laurence D slsmn Robertsons Bkries2651 East 7th, p. 287
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hugheses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Hughes 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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Another name, or a house
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.