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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hilkers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Hilker at six 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 Hilkers 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

    1109 Devonshire Crescent

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • H M Hilker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B L Macdonald at 1129. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1353 East 12th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs E M Hilker, a music teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Wilson at 1363. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    619 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Grant H Hilker, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Dudra at 617 and F Correll at 621. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3366 Manitoba Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Jessie C Hilker, a saleswoman at A Hilker & Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G C Inge at 3350. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    710 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Attractions Hilker, in amusements 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Shoppe Willingdon at 706 and Sylvia's Ltd at 712. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1040 West Georgia Street

    West End, 1940

    • Hilker (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: McDermott Motors Ltd at 1018 and Begg Motor Co Ltd (used cars) at 1056. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a laborer and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park, Shaughnessy 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 H M Hilker at 1109 Devonshire Crescent. Mrs E M Hilker, a music teacher, is listed at 1353 East 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Grant H Hilker at 619 Hamilton Street, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Jessie C Hilker at 3366 Manitoba Street, a saleswoman at A Hilker & Son.

In 1940 the directory lists Attractions Hilker, in amusements, at 710 Seymour Street. Hilker (no first name printed) is listed at 1040 West Georgia Street in 1940.

Today

1109 Devonshire Crescent, 1353 East 12th and 3366 Manitoba still have their buildings from before 1946; 1040 West Georgia (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 619 Hamilton and 710 Seymour, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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.