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A family name on Hornby Street, Downtown

The Moores

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Moore at six addresses in 1940, all on Hornby Street, with the close spelling More. 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 142 other streets too, all listed on the Moore name's own page.

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Where the Moores 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

    522 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Sid O Moore, a carpenter at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Baker at 510 and Reston Electric at 524. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    827 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs M Moore, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: In parking, auto lndy Drive at 821 and Mrs E M Stephen at 833. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    892 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J Moore, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Aston at 886. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1157 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • B C Moore, a machinist 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Wootton at 1153 and A R McKone at 1161. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1364 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R H Moore 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Thomas at 1356 and H J Brickwell at 1368. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1368 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James W Moore, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Johnston at 1364. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a carpenter, a longshoreman, a machinist and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (6). 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 Sid O Moore at 522 Hornby Street, a carpenter at the CPR. Mrs M Moore is listed at 827 Hornby Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Maud Moore there as the householder, widow of J.

J Moore is listed at 892 Hornby Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James Moore there as the householder, a salesman. B C Moore is listed at 1157 Hornby Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Bernard C Moore there as the householder, a machinist.

R H Moore is listed at 1364 Hornby Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Richard H Moore there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists James W Moore at 1368 Hornby Street, a longshoreman.

Today

The City no longer lists 522 Hornby, 827 Hornby, 892 Hornby, 1157 Hornby, 1364 Hornby and 1368 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.