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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Hunters

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Hunter at four addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Hunters at 4627 West 14th 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

    485 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Hunter (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F M Brewster at 443. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1265 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H H Hunter, a salesman at M-W Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Barnard at 1255 and Dr D J Sweeney at 1275. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1895 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Isabel Hunter, proprietor of Normandy Hat Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Mosher at 1887. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4627 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J L Hunter, a salesman at Safeway 1940
    • Hazel E Hunter, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • J Gerald Hunter, a student 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a salesman (2), an operator and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 Hunter (no first name printed) at 485 West 14th Avenue. H H Hunter is listed at 1265 West 14th 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 Harry H Hunter there as the householder, a salesman at M-W Ltd. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Isabel Hunter at 1895 West 14th Avenue, proprietor of Normandy Hat Shop.

In 1940 the directory lists J L Hunter at 4627 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Jack L Hunter there as the householder, a salesman at Safeway, with Hazel E Hunter, an operator at the BC Telephone, and J Gerald Hunter, a student.

Today

485 West 14th, 1895 West 14th and 4627 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1895 West 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1265 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Hunters

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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.