A family name on Charles Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Hamiltons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Hamilton at two addresses in 1940, all on Charles Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 98 other streets too, all listed on the Hamilton name's own page.
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Where the Hamiltons lived
- 1
1841 Charles Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F N Hamilton, a plumbing and sheet metal worker 1940
- Hazel M Hamilton, an apprentice at Reliable Drug 1940
Next door in 1940: W B Edmondson at 1827 and P Udesen at 1855. The block, door by door
- 2
1861 Charles Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F C Hamilton, a carpenter 1940
- Walter F Hamilton, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: P Udesen at 1855 and Mrs A Runnalls at 1867. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: an apprentice, a carpenter, a laborer and a plumbing and sheet metal worker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2). 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 F N Hamilton at 1841 Charles Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick N Hamilton there as the householder, a plumbing and sheet metal worker, with Hazel M Hamilton, an apprentice at Reliable Drug. In 1940 the directory lists F C Hamilton at 1861 Charles Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick C Hamilton there as the householder, a carpenter, with Walter F Hamilton, a laborer.
Today
1861 Charles still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 1841 Charles (2013) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Hamilton F N1841 Charles, p. 29
- Hamilton Fredk N plmbg and sht mtl wkr 1618 Coml and 1724 Graveley1841 Charles, p. 250
- Hamilton Hazel M appr Reliable Drug1841 Charles, p. 250
- *Hamilton F C1861 Charles, p. 29
- Hamilton Fredk C carp1861 Charles, p. 250
- Hamilton Walter F lab1861 Charles, p. 251
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hamiltons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Hamilton name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.