A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Hills
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Hill at two addresses in 1940, all on West 8th Avenue. 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
4443 West 8th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- W Hill, a manufacturers agent 1940
- Edith L Hill, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs S T Cooke at 4433 and M E O'Connor at 4449. The block, door by door
- 2
4673 West 8th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Mrs A S Hill, widow of H H 1940
- Henry H Hill, a traveller at Frew Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: C Price at 4669 and R V Colly at 4683. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a manufacturers agent, a school teacher and a traveller. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (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 Hill at 4443 West 8th 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 Will Hill there as the householder, a manufacturers agent, with Edith L Hill, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A S Hill at 4673 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Agnes S Hill there as the householder, widow of H H, with Henry H Hill, a traveller at Frew Bros.
Today
4443 West 8th (1976) and 4673 West 8th (2020) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Hill W4443 West 8th, p. 196
- Hill Edith L sch tchr Van City4443 West 8th, p. 272
- Hill Will mfrs agt4443 West 8th, p. 273
- *Hill Mrs A S4673 West 8th, p. 197
- Hill Agnes S wid H H4673 West 8th, p. 272
- Hill Henry H trav Frew Bros4673 West 8th, 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.