A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Hills
In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at seven addresses
The directories print twelve people named Hill at seven addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Hills at 1855 West 10th in 1940. 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
196 West 10th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Lloyd W Hill, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Evans at 170. The block, door by door
- 2
1036 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Elma Hill, a waitress at Heather Tea Shoppe 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs I McDonald at 1000 and H K Diebel at 1054. The block, door by door
- 3
1855 West 10th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- R Hill, a cannery manager at BC Packers 1940
- Arthur G Hill 1940
- John A Hill, a student 1940
- Kathleen M Hill, a stenographer at D J Smith Equipment 1940
Next door in 1940: A A Dudley at 1847 and H Bookman at 1857. The block, door by door
- 4
2715 West 10th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Lionel J Hill, a traffic manager at M-W Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Nelson at 2705 and J A Dunfee at 2725. The block, door by door
- 5
3035 West 10th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs G E Hill, widow of E B L 1940
- E Rowland Hill, a student 1940
- Lawrence McA Hill 1940
Next door in 1940: A Hoskyn at 3029 and C H Lundgren at 3053. The block, door by door
- 6
3804 West 10th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J Hill, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: D West at 3808. The block, door by door
- 7
4065 West 10th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Rev Father Francis W Hill, a principal at the Our Lady's School 1940
What they did
The name section prints a trade for seven of the twelve: a cannery manager, a carpenter, a longshoreman, a principal, a stenographer and a traffic manager, among others. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), West Point Grey (2), Fairview and Mount Pleasant. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lloyd W Hill at 196 West 10th Avenue, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists Elma Hill at 1036 West 10th Avenue, a waitress at Heather Tea Shoppe. In 1940 the directory lists R Hill at 1855 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Reginald Hill there as the householder, a cannery manager at BC Packers, with Arthur G Hill, John A Hill, a student, and Kathleen M Hill, a stenographer at D J Smith Equipment.
The 1940 name section lists Lionel J Hill at 2715 West 10th Avenue, a traffic manager at M-W Ltd. Mrs G E Hill is listed at 3035 West 10th 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 lists Grace E Hill there as the householder, widow of E B L, with E Rowland Hill, a student, and Lawrence McA Hill.
J Hill is listed at 3804 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John Hill there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Rev Father Francis W Hill at 4065 West 10th Avenue, a principal at the Our Lady's School.
Today
196 West 10th and 3804 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2715 West 10th (2002) and 3035 West 10th (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1036 West 10th, 1855 West 10th and 4065 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 15 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hill Lloyd W lngshmn196 West 10th, p. 272
- Hill Elma waitress Heather Tea Shoppe1036 West 10th, p. 272
- Hill R1855 West 10th, p. 200
- Hill Arth G1855 West 10th, p. 272
- Hill John A studt1855 West 10th, p. 272
- Hill Kathleen M sten D J Smith Equip1855 West 10th, p. 272
- Hill Regd cannery mgr BC Pkrs1855 West 10th, p. 273
- Hill Lionel J traf mgr M-W Ltd2715 West 10th, p. 272
- *Hill Mrs G E3035 West 10th, p. 200
- Hill E Rowland studt3035 West 10th, p. 272
- Hill Grace E wid E B L3035 West 10th, p. 272
- Hill Lawrence McA3035 West 10th, p. 272
- Hill J3804 West 10th, p. 201
- Hill John carp3804 West 10th, p. 272
- Hill Rev Father Francis W prin Our Lady's Sch4065 West 10th, p. 272
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Hills
Every directory, as one book
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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.