A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
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 West 12th 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
3990 West 12th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- F W Hughes, an inspector at the Canadian Government 1940
Next door in 1940: G Watt at 3978 and A W Scott at 3994. The block, door by door
- 2
4364 West 12th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J H C Hughes, an assistant inspector at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs G A Sharpe at 4354 and J H Rennie at 4368. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an assistant inspector and an inspector.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (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 F W Hughes at 3990 West 12th 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 Frederick W Hughes there as the householder, an inspector at the Canadian Government. In 1940 the directory lists J H C Hughes at 4364 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James H C Hughes there as the householder, an assistant inspector at the Canadian Bank of Commerce.
Today
3990 West 12th (2018) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4364 West 12th, 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 F W3990 West 12th, p. 209
- Hughes Fredk W inspr Can Govt3990 West 12th, p. 287
- Hughes J H C4364 West 12th, p. 209
- Hughes Jas H C asst inspr CB of C4364 West 12th, 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.