A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Hamiltons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Hamilton at three addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
1446 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- E Hamilton, a gardener 1940
Next door in 1940: S M Wylie at 1434 and Miss H Greggor at 1452. The block, door by door
- 2
1745 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Andrew Y Hamilton 1940
Next door in 1940: Dr G A Greaves at 1735 and S Wilcockson at 1755. The block, door by door
- 3
3874 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- G A Hamilton, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: L Renaud at 3866 and M L Armour at 3880. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a gardener and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2) and West Point Grey. 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 E Hamilton at 1446 West 13th Avenue, a gardener. The 1940 name section lists Andrew Y Hamilton at 1745 West 13th Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists G A Hamilton at 3874 West 13th Avenue; 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 lists George A Hamilton there as the householder, a salesman.
Today
3874 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; 1446 West 13th (1955) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1745 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hamilton E gdnr1446 West 13th, p. 250
- Hamilton Andw Y1745 West 13th, p. 250
- *Hamilton G A3874 West 13th, p. 213
- Hamilton Geo A slsmn3874 West 13th, 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.