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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hamblins

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Hamblin at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Hamblins 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

    2239 Balaclava Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs M D Hamblin 1940
    • Joan Hamblin, a principal for Bunny Hutch 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Smith at 2233 and L R Tupling at 2291. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3527 East 26th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J Hamblin, a route supervisor at Cowan-Dodson 1940
    • Chris Hamblin, a millworker 1940
  3. 3

    720 Jervis Street

    West End, 1940

    • William J Hamblin, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Dirnback at 736. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1502 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Arthur R Hamblin, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Fowler at 1508. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a gardener, a millworker, a principal and a route supervisor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kitsilano, Renfrew-Collingwood and West End. 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 Mrs M D Hamblin at 2239 Balaclava Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joan Hamblin there, a principal for Bunny Hutch. In 1940 the directory lists J Hamblin at 3527 East 26th 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). The 1940 name section lists John Hamblin there as the householder, a route supervisor at Cowan-Dodson, with Chris Hamblin, a millworker.

The 1940 name section lists William J Hamblin at 720 Jervis Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Arthur R Hamblin at 1502 West Georgia Street as the householder, a gardener.

Today

2239 Balaclava and 3527 East 26th still have their buildings from before 1946; 720 Jervis (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1502 West Georgia, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.