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A family name on Hornby Street, Downtown

The Kings

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named King at three addresses in 1940, all on Hornby Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 111 other streets too, all listed on the King name's own page.

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Where the Kings 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

    1112 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J P King, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss Clark at 1116. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1161 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Lucy King, who worked for Star Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Moore at 1157 and J D Langlois at 1169. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1263 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Gordon King, a press hand at Canadian John Wood 1940

    Next door in 1940: S R Coard at 1257 and Mrs M J Bishop at 1267. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a press hand.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 J P King at 1112 Hornby Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James P King there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Lucy King at 1161 Hornby Street, who worked for Star Laundry. The 1940 name section lists Gordon King at 1263 Hornby Street, a press hand at Canadian John Wood.

Today

The City no longer lists 1112 Hornby, 1161 Hornby and 1263 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Kings

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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.