A family name on Kingsway, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Hamiltons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Hamilton at two addresses in 1940, all on Kingsway. 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: four Hamiltons at 19 Kingsway 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
19 Kingsway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Gertrude I Hamilton, proprietor of Mardon Coffee Shop 1940
- Ida K Hamilton, widow of G W 1940
- Mark J H Hamilton, a manager at G W Hamilton Undertaking 1940
- Melba M Hamilton, a saleswoman at Mardon Coffee Shop 1940
Next door in 1940: Johnston Motor at 9 and B C Monumental Wks at 27. The block, door by door
- 2
57 Kingsway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- E E Hamilton, a janitor at the Muir Apartments 1940
Next door in 1940: R A Harper at 55 and Parts Standard at 59. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a janitor, a manager, a proprietor and a saleswoman. Two of them worked for Mardon Coffee Shop. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (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 Gertrude I Hamilton at 19 Kingsway, proprietor of Mardon Coffee Shop, with Ida K Hamilton, widow of G W, Mark J H Hamilton, a manager at G W Hamilton Undertaking, and Melba M Hamilton, a saleswoman at Mardon Coffee Shop. E E Hamilton is listed at 57 Kingsway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edward E Hamilton there as the householder, a janitor at the Muir Apartments.
Today
The City no longer lists 19 Kingsway and 57 Kingsway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hamilton Gertrude I prop Mardon Coffee Shop19 Kingsway, p. 250
- Hamilton Ida K wid G W pres G W Hamilton Undertkrs19 Kingsway, p. 250
- Hamilton Mark J H mgr G W Hamilton Undertkg19 Kingsway, p. 251
- Hamilton Melba M slswm Mardon Coffee Shop19 Kingsway, p. 251
- Hamilton E E57 Kingsway, p. 97
- Hamilton Edw E jntr Muir Apts57 Kingsway, 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.