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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hammersleys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Hammersley at two addresses in 1940 in Dunbar-Southlands. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Hammersleys at 4707 Blenheim in 1940.

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Where the Hammersleys 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

    4707 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R D Hammersley, proprietor of Hammersley Furniture Co 1940
    • Joan G Hammersley 1940
    • Robert C Hammersley, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Rooke at 4725. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3549 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W Hammersley, a coxswain at the National Harbours Board 1940
    • G Hammersley, a sub manager at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Emes at 3541 and K R McRae at 3555. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a coxswain, a proprietor and a sub manager.

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

In 1940 the directory lists R D Hammersley at 4707 Blenheim 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 Robert D Hammersley there as the householder, proprietor of Hammersley Furniture Co, with Joan G Hammersley, and Robert C Hammersley, a student. In 1940 the directory lists W Hammersley at 3549 West 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter Hammersley there as the householder, a coxswain at the National Harbours Board, with G Hammersley, a sub manager at the Province.

Today

4707 Blenheim and 3549 West 20th still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Hammersleys

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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.