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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Huntingtons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Huntington at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Huntingtons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1344 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Anne Huntington, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A H Oliver at 1330 and A A MacKay at 1350. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1161 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Huntington, a linen handler at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: St Helen's Cigar Stand at 1159 and French Way Clnrs at 1167. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3377 West 40th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A L Huntington, a rodman at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: H I Dempster at 3363 and C R Teetzel at 3391. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3743 West 6th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • S C Huntington, an assistant to comptroller at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Arthur R Huntington, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M McKinnie at 3731 and E F Gault at 3755. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an assistant to comptroller, a linen handler, a rodman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, West End and West Point Grey. 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 Anne Huntington at 1344 Comox Street, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists George Huntington at 1161 Granville Street, a linen handler at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists A L Huntington at 3377 West 40th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur L Huntington there as the householder, a rodman at the CNR.

In 1940 the directory lists S C Huntington at 3743 West 6th 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 lists Sam C Huntington there as the householder, an assistant to comptroller at the City of Vancouver, with Arthur R Huntington, a student at UBC.

Today

1161 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3377 West 40th (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1344 Comox and 3743 West 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Huntingtons

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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.