A family name on Graveley Street, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Hamiltons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Hamilton at two addresses in 1940, all on Graveley 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
1724 Graveley Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F N Hamilton, in sheet metal works 1940
Next door in 1940: IOOF Hall at 1720 and J W Redford at 1736. The block, door by door
- 2
2323 Graveley Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J B Hamilton, a janitor 1940
Next door in 1940: Rev J Pye at 2317 and J J Miller at 2331. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a janitor.
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, in sheet metal works, at 1724 Graveley Street. J B Hamilton is listed at 2323 Graveley Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James B Hamilton there as the householder, a janitor.
Today
2323 Graveley still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1724 Graveley, 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 F N sheet mtl works1724 Graveley, p. 69
- Hamilton J B2323 Graveley, p. 69
- Hamilton Jas B jntr2323 Graveley, p. 250
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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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.