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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hurleys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Hurley at six 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 Hurleys 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

    1952 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C P Hurley, a plumber 1940
    • Aubrey A Hurley 1940

    Next door in 1940: S J Surman at 1916 and J W Thompson at 1962. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1075 Gilford Street

    West End, 1940

    • T F Hurley, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Knox at 1025. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    955 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Eileen D Hurley, a stenographer at Underwriters Insurance Agencies 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs I Esch at 921 and H Aird at 989. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1875 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Marion Hurley, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev W E Galloway at 1885. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4258 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J H Hurley, a sales manager at Yorkshire Savings & Loan 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Montgomery at 4248 and H A Young at 4266. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    510 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T F Hurley, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Can Bk of Commerce at 508 and Ziegler's Coffee Shop at 512. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a barrister, a plumber, a sales manager, a school teacher and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 C P Hurley at 1952 East 35th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles P Hurley there as the householder, a plumber, with Aubrey A Hurley. In 1940 the directory lists T F Hurley at 1075 Gilford Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas F Hurley there as the householder, a barrister.

The 1940 name section lists Eileen D Hurley at 955 Thurlow Street, a stenographer at Underwriters Insurance Agencies. The 1940 name section lists Marion Hurley at 1875 Venables Street, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation. In 1940 the directory lists J H Hurley at 4258 West 10th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John H Hurley there as the householder, a sales manager at Yorkshire Savings & Loan.

In 1940 the directory lists T F Hurley, a barrister, at 510 West Hastings Street.

Today

1075 Gilford, 955 Thurlow and 510 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; 1952 East 35th (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1875 Venables and 4258 West 10th, 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, street section

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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.