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A family name on East 22nd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Hunters

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Hunter at two addresses in 1940, all on East 22nd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Hunters at 2613 East 22nd in 1940. The directories print the name on 118 other streets too, all listed on the Hunter name's own page.

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Where the Hunters 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

    500 East 22nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G Hunter, a janitor at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McNicol at 510. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2613 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • G Hunter, proprietor of Hunter's Cement Laundry Tubs 1940
    • Leslie O Hunter, a painter 1940
    • Olive M Hunter, a saleswoman at Famous 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R Adams at 2605 and W Caw at 2627. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a janitor, a painter, a proprietor and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood and Riley Park. 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 G Hunter at 500 East 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Hunter there as the householder, a janitor at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists G Hunter at 2613 East 22nd 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 lists George Hunter there as the householder, proprietor of Hunter's Cement Laundry Tubs, with Leslie O Hunter, a painter, and Olive M Hunter, a saleswoman at Famous.

Today

2613 East 22nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1921 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 500 East 22nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Hunters

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.