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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Huntleys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Huntley at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Huntleys 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

    836 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Huntly, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: beaconsfield apts at 884. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1267 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs M Huntley 1940
    • Glyn Huntley, a helper at Hedlund's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Meldrum at 1241. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3174 Kings Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • E S Huntley, a home designer 1940
    • Syd L Huntley, a stenciller at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: G S Robinson at 3122. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1134 Melville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Maxine Huntley 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E Slater at 1132 and F Pearson at 1146. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4563 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Rev A H Huntley, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H L Coleman at 4555 and Mrs J L McKeown at 4575. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a helper, a home designer, a salesman and a stenciller.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood, 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 Huntly at 836 Bute Street, a salesman. Mrs M Huntley is listed at 1267 East 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Margaret Huntley there as the householder, with Glyn Huntley, a helper at Hedlund's.

E S Huntley is listed at 3174 Kings Avenue 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 Edgar S Huntley there as the householder, a home designer, with Syd L Huntley, a stenciller at Canadian White Pine. The 1940 name section lists Maxine Huntley at 1134 Melville Street.

In 1940 the directory lists Rev A H Huntley at 4563 West 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Rev Albert H Huntley there as the householder, retired.

Today

4563 West 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 3174 Kings (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 836 Bute, 1267 East 13th and 1134 Melville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Huntleys

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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.