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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Huishes

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Huish at six addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Huishes lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    759 East 51st Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • John H Huish, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Simpson at 753 and E Smith at 765. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    867 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C Huish, a carpenter 1940
    • Don Huish 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Ostereicher at 865 and Paramount Furniture at 871. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6869 Lanark Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • W Huish, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Rodger at 6839. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2148 Mannering Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R Huish, a meat cutter at Oak St Meat Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Little at 2140 and W Mather at 2162. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    6275 Vine Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • J Huish, a club pro at the Marine Dr Golf Club 1940
    • Maida M D Huish 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Emery at 6241. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2136 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Huish, a fireman at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Faulkner at 2130 and J Coleman at 2146. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a carpenter, a club pro, a fireman, a meat cutter and a millworker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 John H Huish at 759 East 51st Avenue, a millworker. C Huish is listed at 867 Homer Street in 1940; 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 lists Conrad Huish there as the householder, a carpenter, with Don Huish.

W Huish is listed at 6869 Lanark Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Huish there as the householder, retired. R Huish is listed at 2148 Mannering Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ray Huish there as the householder, a meat cutter at Oak St Meat Market.

J Huish is listed at 6275 Vine Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Huish there as the householder, a club pro at the Marine Dr Golf Club, with Maida M D Huish. A Huish is listed at 2136 West 1st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Archibald Huish there as the householder, a fireman at the Vancouver Hotel.

Today

759 East 51st (2003), 6869 Lanark (1984), 2148 Mannering (2003), 6275 Vine (1992) and 2136 West 1st (1966) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 867 Homer, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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 Huishes

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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.