A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
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 5th 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
- 1
1661 West 5th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- J Hill, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: H Large at 1653 and C Murphy at 1667. The block, door by door
- 2
1744 West 5th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Marion A P Hill, widow of P 1940
Next door in 1940: W Walters at 1732 and S Berkson at 1746. The block, door by door
- 3
2243 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- G W Hill, a laundry worker at Pioneer Laundry 1940
- Vera G Hill 1940
Next door in 1940: H D Paterson at 2237 and F S Kudo at 2245. The block, door by door
- 4
3616 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Kathleen I Hill, widow of G H 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Maxam at 3610 and W Wilson at 3628. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a laborer and a laundry worker. Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Kitsilano (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 J Hill at 1661 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Hill there as the householder, a laborer. The 1940 name section lists Marion A P Hill at 1744 West 5th Avenue, widow of P.
G W Hill is listed at 2243 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George W Hill there as the householder, a laundry worker at Pioneer Laundry, with Vera G Hill. The 1940 name section lists Kathleen I Hill at 3616 West 5th Avenue, widow of G H.
Today
2243 West 5th and 3616 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2243 West 5th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1661 West 5th (1955) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1744 West 5th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hill J1661 West 5th, p. 184
- Hill John lab1661 West 5th, p. 272
- Hill Marion A P wid P mgr Avalon Beauty Shop1744 West 5th, p. 273
- Hill G W2243 West 5th, p. 185
- Hill Geo W lndy wkr Pioneer Lndy2243 West 5th, p. 272
- Hill Vera G2243 West 5th, p. 273
- Hill Kathleen I wid G H3616 West 5th, 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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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.