A family name on Comox Street, West End
The Hamiltons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Hamilton at two addresses in 1940, all on Comox 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Hamiltons lived
- 1
1056 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Dorothy Hamilton, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940
- Grace Hamilton, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door
- 2
1114 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- George A Hamilton, an assistant accountant at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940
Next door in 1940: J A Alexander at 1110 and Mrs E M Dahle at 1120. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a nurse (2) and an assistant accountant.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Dorothy Hamilton at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital, with Grace Hamilton, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital. The 1940 name section lists George A Hamilton at 1114 Comox Street, an assistant accountant at the Canadian Bank of Commerce.
Today
1114 Comox still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hamilton Dorothy nurse St Paul's Hosp1056 Comox, p. 250
- Hamilton Grace nurse St Pauls Hosp1056 Comox, p. 250
- Hamilton Geo A asst acct CB of C1114 Comox, p. 250
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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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Another name, or a house
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.