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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hylands

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Hyland at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Hylands 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

    1807 Collingwood Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E Hyland, widow of R M 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B McDonald at 1819. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1221 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Hyland, a waiter at the Austin Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Snap-On Tools of Can at 1211 and T Ishida at 1227. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1300 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Harold K Heyland, a telegraph operator 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Lester at 1330. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1765 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Hyland (no first name printed) 1940
    • Gertrude Hyland, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Kelton at 1755 and G A Williams at 1775. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a telegraph operator and a waiter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Kitsilano 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 Mrs E Hyland at 1807 Collingwood 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Elizabeth Hyland there as the householder, widow of R M. The 1940 name section lists George Hyland at 1221 Granville Street, a waiter at the Austin Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Harold K Heyland at 1300 Pendrell Street, a telegraph operator.

The 1940 name section lists Hyland (no first name printed) at 1765 West 10th Avenue, with Gertrude Hyland, a student.

Today

1807 Collingwood and 1221 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1300 Pendrell and 1765 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Mrs. Rose Ellen Mitchell in the snow outside a tent house at 29th Avenue and Collingwood Street
About 1915 Mrs. Rose Ellen Mitchell in the snow outside a tent house at 29th Avenue and Collingwood Street. Not at the house at 1807 Collingwood: no archive photo of the 1800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, 2009-005.447. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Hylands

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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.