A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Hills
In the city directories 1940 · 158 addresses on 107 streets
The directories print the Hill name at 158 addresses on 107 streets in 1940, in 22 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Hills lived
- Kitsilano19 addresses
- West End18 addresses
- Downtown16 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise14 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands13 addresses
- Fairview12 addresses
- Mount Pleasant10 addresses
- West Point Grey9 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview7 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage5 addresses
- Riley Park5 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge3 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- Strathcona3 addresses
- Sunset3 addresses
- Kerrisdale2 addresses
- Killarney2 addresses
- Oakridge2 addresses
- South Cambie2 addresses
- Marpole1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1West 10th AvenueSeven addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; twelve people: J Hill, Mrs G E Hill and R Hill, and nine more1940
- 2West 1st AvenueFour addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; six people: C W Hill, E J Hill and H T Hill, and three more1940
- 3West 36th AvenueFour addresses in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; five people: A C Hill, E Hill and W H Hill, and two more1940
- 4West 5th AvenueFour addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; five people: G W Hill, J Hill and Kathleen I Hill, and two more1940
- 5West BroadwayFour addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; six people: A W Hill, C Y Hill and Mrs A J Hill, and three more1940
- 6Richards StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: E A Hill, Elvis F Hill and Harry Hill1940
- 7West 12th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; five people: C Hill, F C Hill and Dorothy E Hill, and two more1940
- 8West 6th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kitsilano; four people: Mrs L B Hill, O Hill and Leslie E Hill, and one more1940
- 9Bute StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; three people: A V Hill, Mrs D Hill and William Hill1940
- 10Davie StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: Augustus B Hill, Lillian Hill and Miss L Hill1940
- 11Dunbar StreetTwo addresses in Kitsilano and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: A C Hill, Mrs A E Hill and John G Hill1940
- 12East 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; three people: A E Hill, V S Hill and Geraldine E Hill1940
95 more streets, by name: Alberni Street (1), Alexander Street (1), Ash Street (1), Balsam Street (1), Barclay Street (1), Beatrice Street (1), Bidwell Street (1), Butler Street (1), Cambie Street (1), Cambridge Street (1), Cameron Avenue (1), Cardero Street (1), Carrall Street (1), Cartier Street (1), Churchill Street (1), Columbia Street (1), Denman Street (1), Dundas Street (1), Earles Street (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 13th Avenue (2), East 16th Avenue (2), East 1st Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (2), East 36th Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 61st Avenue (2), East Georgia Street (1), East Hastings Street (2), East King Edward Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Findlay Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Gilford Street (1), Grant Street (1), Granville Street (1), Hamilton Street (2), Haro Street (2), Harwood Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (2), Jervis Street (2), Kingsway (1), Lakewood Drive (2), Laurel Street (1), Main Street (1), Maple Street (1), Montcalm Street (1), Morton Avenue (1), Napier Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Ontario Street (2), Pacific Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Parker Street (2), Pine Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Prior Street (2), Quebec Street (1), Renfrew Street (2), Sophia Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Venables Street (2), Victoria Drive (2), Water Street (1), Waverley Avenue (1), Wellington Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (2), West 14th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (2), West 17th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (2), West 38th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (2), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 47th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (2), West 8th Avenue (2), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (2), West King Edward Avenue (1), Windsor Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 158 addresses, 48 still have their buildings from before 1946, three have buildings standing whose year the City doesn't record, 45 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 62; each street's page names them.
The book of the Hills
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Hill name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under H. Want a name removed? Tell us.