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A family name on Fraser Street, Sunset, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage

The Hugheses

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Hughes at two addresses in 1940, all on Fraser Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Hugheses at 5907 Fraser in 1940. 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

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

    4571 Fraser Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Charles Hughes, a driver for F W Stewart 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Hall at 4561. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5907 Fraser Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • S D Hughes 1940
    • Mrs Sophia Hughes, proprietor of Blue Bird Cafe 1940
    • Weltha Hughes, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ritz Clnrs at 5909. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a driver, a proprietor and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park and Sunset. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles Hughes at 4571 Fraser Street, a driver for F W Stewart. S D Hughes is listed at 5907 Fraser Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Sam D Hughes there as the householder, with Mrs Sophia Hughes, proprietor of Blue Bird Cafe, and Weltha Hughes, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company.

Today

4571 Fraser still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 5907 Fraser (1958) has a newer building, by the City's record.

The Hilton Dairy staff lined up outside the dairy at 6395 Fraser Street
17 March 1936 The Hilton Dairy staff lined up outside the dairy at 6395 Fraser Street. Not at the house at 5907 Fraser: no archive photo of the 5900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4867. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Hugheses

Every directory, as one book

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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.