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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hurrens

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Hurren at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Hurrens 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

    2812 Alberta Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Hector Hurren, a salesman at Robertson's Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Wright at 2840. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2105 East 8th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs A Hurren, widow of W 1940
    • Wilfred Hurren, a meat cutter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C S Rigden at 2111. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1238 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Elmer Hurren, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pioneer Fndy at 1236 and N Stojcic at 1256. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a laborer, a meat cutter and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant and Strathcona. 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 A Hector Hurren at 2812 Alberta Street, a salesman at Robertson's Bakeries. Mrs A Hurren is listed at 2105 East 8th 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 Annabelle Hurren there as the householder, widow of W, with Wilfred Hurren, a meat cutter. The 1940 name section lists J Elmer Hurren at 1238 East Pender Street, a laborer.

Today

2812 Alberta and 2105 East 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1238 East Pender, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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

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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.