A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Hughsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at one address
The directories print four people named Hughson at one address, 2416 West 6th Avenue in Kitsilano, in 1940.
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The Hughsons at home
- 1
2416 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- J M Hughson, retired 1940
- Elva L Hughson, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
- James L Hughson, a salesman for A Sheret 1940
- Mabel E Hughson, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: F B Scullion at 2406 and E S Kirkpatrick at 2426. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an operator, a salesman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Kitsilano. 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 Hughson at 2416 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James M Hughson there as the householder, retired, with Elva L Hughson, an operator at the BC Telephone, James L Hughson, a salesman for A Sheret, and Mabel E Hughson, a stenographer.
Today
2416 West 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hughson J M2416 West 6th, p. 188
- Hughson Elva L opr BC Tel2416 West 6th, p. 288
- Hughson Jas L slsmn A Sheret2416 West 6th, p. 288
- Hughson Jas M retired2416 West 6th, p. 288
- Hughson Mabel E sten2416 West 6th, p. 288
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hughsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Hughson 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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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.