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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Hunters

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Hunter at six addresses in 1940, all on West 13th 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 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

    446 West 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Oliver F Hunter, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R Roberts at 436 and Mrs B Guttridge at 456. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    836 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs E E Hunter, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Nicol at 826 and Mrs M K Dougherty at 846. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    965 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • C D Hunter, an office 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Barry at 955 and T F Furnell at 975. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1265 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mary Hunter, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Law at 1255 and N Close at 1275. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3921 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H Winifred Hunter, a comptroller operator at Ford Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Layfield at 3919 and W Y McLeish at 3929. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4309 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A Hunter, a messenger at CP Express 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C McKenzie at 4307 and B W Smith at 4317. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a comptroller operator, a messenger and an office. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), West Point Grey (2) 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 Oliver F Hunter at 446 West 13th Avenue, retired. Mrs E E Hunter is listed at 836 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth E Hunter there as the householder, widow of W.

C D Hunter is listed at 965 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles D Hunter there as the householder, an office. The 1940 name section lists Mary Hunter at 1265 West 13th Avenue, a widow. The 1940 name section lists H Winifred Hunter at 3921 West 13th Avenue, a comptroller operator at Ford Motor.

A Hunter is listed at 4309 West 13th 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 Albert Hunter there as the householder, a messenger at CP Express.

Today

446 West 13th and 3921 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1265 West 13th (1968) and 4309 West 13th (1962) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 836 West 13th and 965 West 13th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.