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A family name on West 36th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Hills

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Hill at four addresses in 1940, all on West 36th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

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

    2527 West 36th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • W H Hill, a superintendent food & drugs branch at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: C F Wootton at 2503. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2749 West 36th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • E Hill, proprietor of West End Book Store 1940
    • Muriel G Hill, a boundary worker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F A Dickie at 2743 and W H Fenton at 2755. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3058 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Norman L Hill, a salesman for Waghorn Gwynn 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Moody at 3042 and C B Romer at 3076. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3856 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A C Hill, a baker at Blue Boy 1940

    Next door in 1940: F T Chubaty at 3846 and S H McElwain at 3866. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a baker, a boundary worker, a proprietor, a salesman and a superintendent food.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge (2) and Dunbar-Southlands (2). 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 W H Hill at 2527 West 36th Avenue; 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 William H Hill there as the householder, a superintendent food & drugs branch at the Canadian Government. In 1940 the directory lists E Hill at 2749 West 36th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Hill there as the householder, proprietor of West End Book Store, with Muriel G Hill, a boundary worker.

The 1940 name section lists Norman L Hill at 3058 West 36th Avenue, a salesman for Waghorn Gwynn. A C Hill is listed at 3856 West 36th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Andrew C Hill there as the householder, a baker at Blue Boy.

Today

3058 West 36th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2527 West 36th (1996), 2749 West 36th (2009) and 3856 West 36th (2003) have newer buildings, 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

The book of the Hills

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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.