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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hutchinses

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at eight addresses

The directories print twelve people named Hutchins at eight 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. The most under one roof: three Hutchinses at 700 Broughton in 1940.

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Where the Hutchinses 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

    233 Abbott Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J A Hutchins 1940

    Next door in 1940: Van Belt Works at 219 and Oland Rooms at 247. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    700 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • F L Hutchins 1940
    • Sissener I R Hutchins, a stenographer 1940
    • Thyra M A Hutchins, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs V M Davey at 722. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    890 Gilford Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs K Hutchins, widow of W 1940
  4. 4

    7342 Gladstone Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • J H Hutchins, retired 1940
    • Ethel Hutchins, an examiner at Mackay Smith Blair 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Hale at 7390. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    540 Helmcken Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A Hutchins, an elevator operator at Brooklyn Court 1940
    • Caroline E Hutchins, widow of W R 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Smith at 538 and E Schofield at 542. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    8606 Oak Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • R M Hutchins, proprietor of the Rose Bern Apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: V G Gammer at 8616. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2185 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W A Hutchins, a waiter at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Richards at 2165 and C Bradbury at 2195. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4288 Windsor Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C W Hutchins, a photographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Intrieri at 4280. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the twelve: an assistant, an elevator operator, an examiner, a photographer, a proprietor and a stenographer, among others. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), West End (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano, Marpole and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 J A Hutchins at 233 Abbott Street. F L Hutchins is listed at 700 Broughton Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick L Hutchins there as the householder, with Sissener I R Hutchins, a stenographer, and Thyra M A Hutchins, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library.

Mrs K Hutchins is listed at 890 Gilford Street 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 Kath Hutchins there as the householder, widow of W. J H Hutchins is listed at 7342 Gladstone Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James H Hutchins there as the householder, retired, with Ethel Hutchins, an examiner at Mackay Smith Blair.

A Hutchins is listed at 540 Helmcken Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alan Hutchins there as the householder, an elevator operator at Brooklyn Court, with Caroline E Hutchins, widow of W R. R M Hutchins is listed at 8606 Oak Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Roy M Hutchins there as the householder, proprietor of the Rose Bern Apartments.

W A Hutchins is listed at 2185 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William A Hutchins there as the householder, a waiter at the BC Coast Steamship Service. C W Hutchins is listed at 4288 Windsor Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Cecil W Hutchins there as the householder, a photographer.

Today

233 Abbott, 540 Helmcken and 2185 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946, 233 Abbott and 540 Helmcken on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4288 Windsor (1982) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 700 Broughton, 890 Gilford, 7342 Gladstone and 8606 Oak, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 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.