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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hurds

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Hurd at seven 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 Hurds lived

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

    4782 Inverness Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • S Hurd, a gardener 1940
    • Mary Hurd, a sewer at Paramount Furniture 1940
  2. 2

    3869 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F A Hurd, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: F O Walmsley at 3871. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1057 Melville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Hurd 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Sturch at 1047 and Miss C M Cooper at 1067. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1201 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • A Norman Hurd, a bookkeeper at Dustbane Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cliftonville at 1221. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3994 Point Grey Road

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Harry Hurd 1940

    Next door in 1940: M J Ravey at 3992. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    6331 Sophia Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • W S Hurd, a meter reader at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: C L Smith at 6319 and W E F Grant at 6341. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    914 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Margaret Hurd, a saleswoman at Woolworth's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Kookery Home at 912 and Touche G A & Co at 916. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a bookkeeper, a gardener, a meter reader, a salesman, a saleswoman and a sewer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park, Sunset, 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

In 1940 the directory lists S Hurd at 4782 Inverness Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Sam Hurd there as the householder, a gardener, with Mary Hurd, a sewer at Paramount Furniture. In 1940 the directory lists F A Hurd at 3869 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists Frederick A Hurd there as the householder, a salesman.

The 1940 name section lists Hurd at 1057 Melville Street. The 1940 name section lists A Norman Hurd at 1201 Pendrell Street, a bookkeeper at Dustbane Products. The 1940 name section lists Harry Hurd at 3994 Point Grey Road.

W S Hurd is listed at 6331 Sophia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred S Hurd there as the householder, a meter reader at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Hurd at 914 West Pender Street, a saleswoman at Woolworth's.

Today

6331 Sophia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; 4782 Inverness (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3869 Main, 1057 Melville, 1201 Pendrell, 3994 Point Grey Road and 914 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Hurds

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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.