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A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Hunters

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Hunter at five addresses in 1940, all on West 15th 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

    1590 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • George Hunter, in wholesale paints 1940

    Next door in 1940: la paula apts at 1550. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1865 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Allan Hunter, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Fraser at 1855 and M DeLeon at 1875. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2233 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • S Hunter, a salesman at Safeway 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Pearson at 2225 and Mrs C C Hall at 2235. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2736 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H C Hunter, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Goodman at 2728 and H S Drew at 2742. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4355 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J Hunter, an assistant bookstore manager at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: V A Sweet at 4347 and H P Leck at 4363. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: an assistant bookstore manager, an engineer, a fireman, a salesman and a wholesale paints.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Fairview 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 George Hunter at 1590 West 15th Avenue, in wholesale paints. The 1940 name section lists Allan Hunter at 1865 West 15th Avenue, an engineer. In 1940 the directory lists S Hunter at 2233 West 15th 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 Sterling Hunter there as the householder, a salesman at Safeway.

In 1940 the directory lists H C Hunter at 2736 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Howard C Hunter there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists J Hunter at 4355 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Hunter there as the householder, an assistant bookstore manager at UBC.

Today

1590 West 15th, 1865 West 15th and 2736 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1590 West 15th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4355 West 15th (2015) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2233 West 15th, 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

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.