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The Hamills

In the city directories 1940 · 17 people at eleven addresses

The directories print 17 people named Hamill at eleven addresses in 1940 in ten of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Hamills at 1680 West 40th in 1940.

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Where the Hamills lived

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

    58 Alexander Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J K Hamill 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Orientals” at 56 and E N Lauder at 60. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2749 Carolina Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W J Hamill, a driver at Johnston National Storage 1940
    • David Hamill, a butcher at Burns & Co 1940
    • Sam Hamill, a clean up man at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Webster at 2741. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1917 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Hamill, a packer at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: G M Spence at 1907 and M W Bradley at 1941. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    923 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • William Hammill 1940

    Next door in 1940: V Lemisky at 911 and G Manke at 927. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1129 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Mary Hammill 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Rawson at 1125 and A Carter at 1131. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1610 Salsbury Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mildred A Hamill, widow of A W 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Toban at 1604 and A I Ward at 1616. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4261 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Nan Hamill 1940

    Next door in 1940: F R Seymour at 4255 and Miss M A Robertson at 4273. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    318 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R Hamill, retired 1940
    • Gladys L Hamill, a clerk at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Wilby at 324. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1574 West 2nd Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • David Hammill 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Yasui at 1548 and G E Ogilvie at 1576. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    1680 West 40th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • A Hamill, retired 1940
    • Dorothy I Hamill, a school teacher 1940
    • Howard R Hamill, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
    • Robert A Hamill 1940

    Next door in 1940: N C Sawers at 1668 and O C Heller at 1692. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    66 West 62nd Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • S Hamill 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Sharp at 42. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the 17: a butcher, a clean up man, a clerk, a driver, a packer and a saleswoman, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Downtown, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Marpole, Shaughnessy, Strathcona, West End and West Point Grey. 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 J K Hamill at 58 Alexander Street. W J Hamill is listed at 2749 Carolina 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 William J Hamill there as the householder, a driver at Johnston National Storage, with William Hamill, a laborer, David Hamill, a butcher at Burns & Co, and Sam Hamill, a clean up man at Canadian White Pine.

W Hamill is listed at 1917 East 35th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Wilkie Hamill there as the householder, a packer at Woodward's. The 1940 name section lists William Hammill at 923 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mary Hammill at 1129 Haro Street.

The 1940 name section lists Mildred A Hamill at 1610 Salsbury Drive, widow of A W. The 1940 name section lists Nan Hamill at 4261 West 12th Avenue. R Hamill is listed at 318 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Richard Hamill there as the householder, retired, with Gladys L Hamill, a clerk at the BC Telephone.

The 1940 name section lists David Hammill at 1574 West 2nd Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists A Hamill at 1680 West 40th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Hamill there as the householder, retired, with Dorothy I Hamill, a school teacher, Howard R Hamill, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company, and Robert A Hamill.

In 1940 the directory lists S Hamill at 66 West 62nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Sam Hamill there as the householder.

Today

58 Alexander, 2749 Carolina, 1610 Salsbury Drive and 4261 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 58 Alexander and 4261 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1917 East 35th (1988), 318 West 14th (2003) and 66 West 62nd (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 923 East Pender, 1129 Haro, 1574 West 2nd and 1680 West 40th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 23 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

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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.