F N Hamilton and Miss G I Dohn are listed at 1841 Charles Street in 1940, as two households. Its name section gives one of them in full: Frederick N Hamilton, a plumbing and sheet metal worker. Its name section also lists one more person here: Hazel M Hamilton, an apprentice at Reliable Drug. It lists three more people here under other surnames too.
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- people the 1940 directory lists here, three of them named in the book
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- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Rebuilt in 2013
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
The household
- Frederick N Hamiltona plumbing and sheet metal worker · householderp. 250
Also under the Hamilton name
- Hazel M Hamiltonan apprentice at Reliable Drug · lives herep. 250
Also at this address
- Three more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Charles Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
CHARLES
Names
The house today
The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 1841 now to 2013; directly across the street, 1842 still has one from before 1946, one of nine on the block. A permit to build a house was taken out in August 1925 by D Sanderson, owner and builder: $3,500.
Since 1940
- 1960A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
- 1997–2012Licensed as an apartment house (licences on record start in 1997).
- 2013Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
From City of Vancouver open data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver): the property tax report (BC Assessment's years, approximate for old buildings), business licences from 1997 (the kind of business only), issued building permits from 2017 and the heritage register.
The 1800 block in 1940
Charles Street, on the stretch it shares with the 1700 block, between Commercial and Victoria Drives, Grandview-Woodland: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.
Charles Street, the 1800 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)
North side, odd numbers
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1841 Charles Street, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2013, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1841-charles, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
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Sources
The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.