A family name on John Street, Riley Park
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 John Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Hamiltons at 4643 John in 1940. 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
4487 John Street
Riley Park, 1940
- J A Hamilton, a driver at McGavin 1940
Next door in 1940: R Teel at 4477 and A W McLellan at 4497. The block, door by door
- 2
4643 John Street
Riley Park, 1940
- J Hamilton, a plasterer 1940
- Margaret M Hamilton, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
- Robert J Hamilton, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: P Tewnion at 4625 and N Dodge at 4659. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a clerk, a driver, a plasterer and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park (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 J A Hamilton at 4487 John 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 James A Hamilton there as the householder, a driver at McGavin. In 1940 the directory lists J Hamilton at 4643 John Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Hamilton there as the householder, a plasterer, with Margaret M Hamilton, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company, and Robert J Hamilton, a clerk.
Today
4643 John still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 4487 John (2005) 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.
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.