A family name on McGill Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
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 McGill 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 2568 McGill 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
- 1
2484 McGill Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- R W Hughes, a chief probation officer at Juvenile Court and a superintendent at the Detention Home 1940
Next door in 1940: F P La Lande at 2468 and F H Windle at 2492. The block, door by door
- 2
2568 McGill Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J W Hughes, proprietor of Husky Tow Boats 1940
- Alice E Hughes, a student 1940
- E Kathleen Hughes, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M U Hebert at 2548 and H K West at 2580. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a chief probation officer and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2). 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 R W Hughes at 2484 McGill Street; 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 Robert W Hughes there as the householder, a chief probation officer at Juvenile Court and a superintendent at the Detention Home. In 1940 the directory lists J W Hughes at 2568 McGill Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James W Hughes there as the householder, proprietor of Husky Tow Boats, with Alice E Hughes, a student, and E Kathleen Hughes, a student.
Today
2484 McGill (2013) and 2568 McGill (1993) 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.
- *Hughes R W2484 McGill, p. 105
- Hughes Robt W chf probation offcr Juvenile Ct and supt Detention Home2484 McGill, p. 287
- *Hughes J W2568 McGill, p. 105
- Hughes Alice E studt2568 McGill, p. 287
- Hughes E Kathleen studt2568 McGill, p. 287
- Hughes Jas W prop Husky Tow Boats2568 McGill, p. 287
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hugheses
Every directory, as one book
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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.