A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Hurschmans
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Hurschman 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 Hurschmans lived
- 1
322 East 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- R G Hurschman, a mechanic at Champion & White 1940
Next door in 1940: A L Bernier at 316 and P Knowles at 332. The block, door by door
- 2
7432 Ontario Street
Sunset, 1940
- L Hurschman, a master mariner at North Arm Towing 1940
Next door in 1940: R B Oswald at 7494. The block, door by door
- 3
7531 Ontario Street
Marpole, 1940
- W H Hurschman, a millworker at the Eburne Saw Mills 1940
- P Lyle Hurschman, a deckhand 1940
Next door in 1940: C E Gates at 7513 and R J Fleming at 7545. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a deckhand, a master mariner, a mechanic and a millworker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Marpole, Mount Pleasant and Sunset. 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 R G Hurschman at 322 East 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Russell G Hurschman there as the householder, a mechanic at Champion & White. In 1940 the directory lists L Hurschman at 7432 Ontario Street. The 1940 name section lists Lorne E Hurschman there as the householder, a master mariner at North Arm Towing.
In 1940 the directory lists W H Hurschman at 7531 Ontario 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 lists William H Hurschman there as the householder, a millworker at the Eburne Saw Mills, with P Lyle Hurschman, a deckhand.
Today
7432 Ontario and 7531 Ontario still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 322 East 14th, so that building is 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.
- Hurschman R G322 East 14th, p. 214
- Hurschman Russell G mech Champion & White322 East 14th, p. 291
- Hurschman L7432 Ontario, p. 122
- Hurschman Lorne E mstr mrnr North Arm Towing7432 Ontario, p. 291
- *Hurschman W H7531 Ontario, p. 122
- Hurschman P Lyle deckhd7531 Ontario, p. 291
- Hurschman Wm H mlwkr Eburne Saw Mills7531 Ontario, p. 291
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hurschmans
Every directory, as one book
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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.