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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hamleys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Hamley at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Hamly. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Hamleys 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

    601 Denman Street

    West End, 1940

    • J Hamley, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wharf Denman at 607. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    101 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J A Hamley 1940
    • E Lillian Hamley, a stenographer at the Workmen's Compensation Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: Salv Army at 125. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    132 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • T Hamley, a confectioner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mary Hague Dress Shop at 128 and Ann Lending Lib Sally at 136. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    38 West 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • B G Hamly, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940
    • Harold B Hamly, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Murray Co at 6 and F T Blackman at 44. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a confectioner, a fisherman, a salesman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Riley Park and West End. 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 Hamley at 601 Denman Street; 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 Joel Hamley there as the householder, a fisherman. In 1940 the directory lists J A Hamley at 101 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Joseph A Hamley there as the householder, with E Lillian Hamley, a stenographer at the Workmen's Compensation Board.

In 1940 the directory lists T Hamley, a confectioner, at 132 East Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Hamley there, a confectioner. In 1940 the directory lists B G Hamly at 38 West 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Bruce G Hamly there as the householder, a salesman at Associated Dairies, with Harold B Hamly, a student.

Today

101 East 7th and 38 West 17th still have their buildings from before 1946, 101 East 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 601 Denman and 132 East Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.