A family name on Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano
The Hills
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Hill at two addresses in 1940, all on Dunbar Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 106 other streets too, all listed on the Hill name's own page.
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Where the Hills lived
- 1
1741 Dunbar Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs A E Hill, widow of M E 1940
- John G Hill, a logger 1940
Next door in 1940: J F Spalding at 1731. The block, door by door
- 2
5605 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A C Hill, a mechanic for A B Balderston 1940
Next door in 1940: OK Barber Shop at 5607. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a logger and a mechanic. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano. 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 Mrs A E Hill at 1741 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alvina E Hill there as the householder, widow of M E, with John G Hill, a logger. In 1940 the directory lists A C Hill at 5605 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section lists Andrew C Hill Jr there as the householder, a mechanic for A B Balderston.
Today
5605 Dunbar (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1741 Dunbar, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hill Mrs A E1741 Dunbar, p. 44
- Hill Alvina E wid M E1741 Dunbar, p. 272
- Hill John G logr1741 Dunbar, p. 272
- Hill A C5605 Dunbar, p. 45
- Hill Andw C Jr mech A B Balderston5605 Dunbar, p. 272
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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Another name, or a house
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.