A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown
The Hugheses
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Hughes at three addresses in 1940, all on West Pender Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Hugheses at 1068 West Pender 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
1068 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- G R Hughes, an accountant 1940
- Elizabeth A Hughes, a stenographer 1940
- Megan R Hughes, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: Loy Kwong at 1066 and Marine Drsmkrs & Clnrs at 1070. The block, door by door
- 2
1074 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- D M Hughes, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: Terminal Sht Mtl Wks at 1090. The block, door by door
- 3
1107 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- John J Hughes, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: E Taylor at 1105 and G Flury at 1111. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: an accountant, a driver, an on active service, a saleswoman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 G R Hughes at 1068 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Griffith R Hughes there as the householder, an accountant, with Elizabeth A Hughes, a stenographer, and Megan R Hughes, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company. The 1940 name section lists D M Hughes at 1074 West Pender Street, on active service. The 1940 name section lists John J Hughes at 1107 West Pender Street, a driver.
Today
The City no longer lists 1068 West Pender, 1074 West Pender and 1107 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hughes G R1068 West Pender, p. 131
- Hughes Eliz A sten1068 West Pender, p. 287
- Hughes Griffith R acct 416, 736 Granville1068 West Pender, p. 287
- Hughes Megan R slswm HBC1068 West Pender, p. 287
- Hughes D M act serv1074 West Pender, p. 287
- Hughes John J drvr1107 West Pender, 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.