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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hamlins

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Hamlin at seven addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Hamlins 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

    2020 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ruth Hamlin, a dietitian at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Fletcher at 2040. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1205 Beach Avenue

    West End, 1940

    • Ann Hamlin, widow of J J 1940
    • Josephine M Hamlin, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: M O Blair at 1215. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Marguerite Hamelin, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    436 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • D E Hamlin, an inspector at Bloedel Stewart & Welch 1940
    • Bernard G Hamlin, a warehouseman at BC Leather 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Hale at 432 and C G McKinnon at 440. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2042 East 45th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • F E Hamlin, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: M MacKinnon at 2020 and J Miskelly at 2050. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    828 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A W Hamlin, a patrolman at Citizens' Night Patrol 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Blackhall at 824 and W E Holmes at 832. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1502 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A R Hamlin 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Fowler at 1508. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a dietitian, an engineer, an inspector, a nurse, a patrolman and a saleswoman, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3), Downtown, Mount Pleasant, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 Ruth Hamlin at 2020 Barclay Street, a dietitian at the Province. The 1940 name section lists Ann Hamlin at 1205 Beach Avenue, widow of J J, with Josephine M Hamlin, a saleswoman. The 1940 name section lists Marguerite Hamelin at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital.

D E Hamlin is listed at 436 East 45th 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 Don E Hamlin there as the householder, an inspector at Bloedel Stewart & Welch, with Bernard G Hamlin, a warehouseman at BC Leather. F E Hamlin is listed at 2042 East 45th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick E Hamlin there as the householder, an engineer.

A W Hamlin is listed at 828 East 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert W Hamlin there as the householder, a patrolman at Citizens' Night Patrol. A R Hamlin is listed at 1502 West Georgia Street in 1940.

Today

436 East 45th (1983) and 2042 East 45th (1993) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2020 Barclay, 1205 Beach, 1056 Comox, 828 East 8th and 1502 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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

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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.