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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Duhamels

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Duhamel at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Du Hamel and DuHamel. 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 Duhamels 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

    1443 East 1st Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H L Duhamel 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Ossinger at 1437 and T N Raine at 1449. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    389 East 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs H N Du Hamel 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Dyson at 385 and C P Shindler at 395. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    935 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs A V Duhamel 1940

    Next door in 1940: C L Bryson at 925 and G G Armytage at 945. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2345 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • D E DuHamel 1940

    Next door in 1940: C M Sephton at 2337 and R J Martin at 2355. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 H L Duhamel at 1443 East 1st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). Mrs H N Du Hamel is listed at 389 East 20th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A V Duhamel at 935 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. D E DuHamel is listed at 2345 West 1st Avenue in 1940.

Today

389 East 20th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 935 West 15th (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1443 East 1st and 2345 West 1st, 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

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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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.