A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Hamiltons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Hamilton at two addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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
- 1
446 West 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J Hamilton, a janitor at Nelsons Laundries 1940
Next door in 1940: T Wilson at 434. The block, door by door
- 2
2851 West 7th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- J A Hamilton, a school principal 1940
Next door in 1940: T H Gadd at 2819 and F G Lee at 2861. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a janitor and a school principal.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 J Hamilton at 446 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Hamilton there as the householder, a janitor at Nelsons Laundries. In 1940 the directory lists J A Hamilton at 2851 West 7th 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 Jack A Hamilton there as the householder, a school principal.
Today
2851 West 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 446 West 7th, 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 J446 West 7th, p. 191
- Hamilton John jntr Nelsons Lndries446 West 7th, p. 250
- *Hamilton J A2851 West 7th, p. 192
- Hamilton Jack A sch prin Van City2851 West 7th, p. 250
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.