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A family name on West 18th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Hamiltons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Hamilton at four addresses in 1940, all on West 18th 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

    3445 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W A Hamilton, a treasurer at Kerr & Dumaresq Timber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A O Marsh at 3435 and J H Tinkler at 3455. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3579 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H P Hamilton, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: R G Stevenson at 3575 and Mrs B Gourlay at 3589. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3670 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs E Hamilton, widow of C M 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B S Dobson at 3650. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3857 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E A Hamilton, a purchasing agent at Canadian Fishing 1940
    • Courtman W Hamilton, a stenographer at Swifts 1940

    Next door in 1940: E S Scanlon at 3851 and Mrs I Honeyman at 3863. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a carpenter, a purchasing agent, a stenographer and a treasurer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (4). 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 W A Hamilton at 3445 West 18th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William A Hamilton there as the householder, a treasurer at Kerr & Dumaresq Timber. In 1940 the directory lists H P Hamilton at 3579 West 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry P Hamilton there as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Hamilton at 3670 West 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Emmaline Hamilton there as the householder, widow of C M. In 1940 the directory lists E A Hamilton at 3857 West 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Erle A Hamilton there as the householder, a purchasing agent at Canadian Fishing, with Courtman W Hamilton, a stenographer at Swifts.

Today

3445 West 18th, 3579 West 18th and 3857 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3670 West 18th (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.