A family name on West 26th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Shaughnessy
The Hamiltons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Hamilton at two addresses in 1940, all on West 26th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
Southlands
- 1
3204 West 26th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Isobel Hamilton, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: F MacD Forde at 3214. The block, door by door
- 2
3405 West 26th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs E Hamilton, widow of J P 1940
- Clelland R Hamilton, a salesman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: D P McDiarmid at 3413. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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 Isobel Hamilton at 3204 West 26th Avenue, a student at UBC. Mrs E Hamilton is listed at 3405 West 26th 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 Emma Hamilton there as the householder, widow of J P, with Clelland R Hamilton, a salesman at the BC Electric Railway.
Today
3405 West 26th (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3204 West 26th, 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 Isobel studt UBC3204 West 26th, p. 250
- *Hamilton Mrs E3405 West 26th, p. 241
- Hamilton Clelland R slsmn BCER3405 West 26th, p. 250
- Hamilton Emma wid J P3405 West 26th, 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.