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A family name on West 14th 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 14th 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    26 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • John Hamilton, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Duke at 20 and W H Istead at 28. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    954 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H B Hamilton, a printer at News-Herald 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Marshall at 946 and F G Allen at 956. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3641 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • V J Hamilton, a trainman at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L Rodway at 3639 and A E Ades at 3651. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a printer and a trainman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Mount Pleasant 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 John Hamilton at 26 West 14th Avenue, retired. H B Hamilton is listed at 954 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry B Hamilton there as the householder, a printer at News-Herald.

V J Hamilton is listed at 3641 West 14th Avenue in 1940; 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 Victor J Hamilton there as the householder, a trainman at the CPR.

Today

26 West 14th and 954 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3641 West 14th (2013) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Hamiltons

Every directory, as one book

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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.