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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hamons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Hamon at five addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Hammon. 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 Hamons 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

    2200 Arbutus Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H W Hamon 1940

    Next door in 1940: S P N Smith at 2210. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    958 East 29th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C T Hammon 1940
    • John C Hammon, who worked for American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: T F Smith at 950 and F B Peck at 962. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    451 East 46th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • R Hamon 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Jarville at 443 and H W Spence at 455. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4894 Fraser Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • S C Hamon 1940

    Next door in 1940: W N Bertram at 4880. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4151 Windsor Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C T Hammon Jr, a steelworker at Hamilton Bridge 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J McKay at 4131 and F J Clarke at 4161. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: an employee and a steelworker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3), Kitsilano and Sunset. 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 H W Hamon at 2200 Arbutus Street. C T Hammon is listed at 958 East 29th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles T Hammon there as the householder, with John C Hammon, who worked for American Can. R Hamon is listed at 451 East 46th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

In 1940 the directory lists S C Hamon at 4894 Fraser Street. C T Hammon Jr is listed at 4151 Windsor Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles T Hammon there as the householder, a steelworker at Hamilton Bridge.

Today

2200 Arbutus, 958 East 29th, 451 East 46th and 4151 Windsor still have their buildings from before 1946, 2200 Arbutus on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4894 Fraser (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.