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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Van Hornes

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Van Horne 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 Van Hornes lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2617 Ontario Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • B Clif Van Horne, a compositor at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Cunliffe at 2629. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    626 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R T Van Horne, a pricer at Mackenzie White & Dunsmuir 1940
    • H Bircham Van Horne, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E C Shewan at 616 and J W Barker at 666. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1545 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • N W Van Horne, who worked for Boeings 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Funston at 1555. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3175 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C G Van Horne, a clerk at Clarke & Stuart 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Rooney at 3141 and F J McRae at 3191. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a clerk, a compositor, an employee and a pricer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Dunbar-Southlands and Mount Pleasant. 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 B Clif Van Horne at 2617 Ontario Street, a compositor at the Sun. R T Van Horne is listed at 626 West 13th Avenue 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 Ralph T Van Horne there as the householder, a pricer at Mackenzie White & Dunsmuir, with H Bircham Van Horne, a student at UBC.

N W Van Horne is listed at 1545 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Niles W Van Horne there as the householder, who worked for Boeings. C G Van Horne is listed at 3175 West 35th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Clare G Van Horne there as the householder, a clerk at Clarke & Stuart.

Today

2617 Ontario and 3175 West 35th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1545 West 13th (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 626 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Van Hornes

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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 V. Want a name removed? Tell us.