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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Huxtables

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Huxtable 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 Huxtables 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

    3154 East 24th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W Huxtable, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G F Grange at 3140 and A S Bibby at 3180. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1906 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Jessie O Huxtable, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Abbott at 1918. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2346 West 43rd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • F Huxtable, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Tasker at 2306 and A Smith at 2358. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an accountant and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale, Renfrew-Collingwood and West End. 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 W Huxtable at 3154 East 24th 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 William Huxtable there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Jessie O Huxtable at 1906 Haro Street, a school teacher.

F Huxtable is listed at 2346 West 43rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank Huxtable there as the householder, an accountant.

Today

1906 Haro still has its building from before 1946, dated 1935 by the City's record; 2346 West 43rd (1954) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3154 East 24th, 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, 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.