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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Skelhornes

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Skelhorne at four 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 Skelhornes 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

    1963 Creelman Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • William D Skelhorne, a radio technician 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Scutnabb at 1961 and L Benson at 1969. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3556 Dunbar Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F S Skelhorne, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W Le Page at 3538 and E A Childerhose at 3568. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3074 West 33rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A Skelhorne, a mining broker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L D Webb at 3058 and C H Carnwath at 3092. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    402 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A Skelhorne, a mining broker 1940

    Next door in 1940: McGregor Johnston & Thomas Ltd at 414. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a longshoreman, a mining broker and a radio technician.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Downtown and Kitsilano. 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 William D Skelhorne at 1963 Creelman Avenue, a radio technician. F S Skelhorne is listed at 3556 Dunbar 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 Frank S Skelhorne there as the householder, a longshoreman.

A Skelhorne is listed at 3074 West 33rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Skelhorne there as the householder, a mining broker. A Skelhorne, a mining broker, is listed at 402 West Pender Street in 1940.

Today

3556 Dunbar, 3074 West 33rd and 402 West Pender still have their buildings from before 1946, 402 West Pender on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1963 Creelman, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

A No. 14 Dunbar streetcar on Dunbar Street, past bungalows
1940 A No. 14 Dunbar streetcar on Dunbar Street, past bungalows. Not at the house at 3556 Dunbar: no archive photo of the 3500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, 2009-005.530. 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Skelhornes

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.