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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Balds

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Bald at six addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Balds 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

    2222 Alma Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H B Bald, a marine superintendent at Kingsley Navigation 1940
    • Margaret Bald, a stenographer at BC Plywoods 1940
  2. 2

    5767 Joyce Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • T W Bald, a mechanic at BC Sugar 1940
    • Emily L Bald, a packer at BC Sugar 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Engelland at 5775. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5713 Kerr Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • F H Bald, a mechanic at BC Sugar 1940

    Next door in 1940: J O Patterson at 5709 and H Woodward at 5719. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4417 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J Bald, a chief engineer at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Woolner at 4415 and University Barber Shop at 4419. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3537 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • John Bald, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Merritt at 3529 and A J J Edmonds at 3543. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3444 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R G Bald, a bus driver at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Muriel E Bald, a stenographer at the Vancouver City School Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Patterson at 3436 and J McLennan at 3482. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all nine: a mechanic (3), a stenographer (2), a bus driver, a chief engineer, a marine superintendent and a packer. Three of them worked for BC Sugar.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Killarney (2) 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

In 1940 the directory lists H B Bald at 2222 Alma Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harry B Bald there as the householder, a marine superintendent at Kingsley Navigation, with Margaret Bald, a stenographer at BC Plywoods. In 1940 the directory lists T W Bald at 5767 Joyce Street; 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 Thomas W Bald there as the householder, a mechanic at BC Sugar, with Emily L Bald, a packer at BC Sugar.

In 1940 the directory lists F H Bald at 5713 Kerr Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank H Bald there as the householder, a mechanic at BC Sugar. In 1940 the directory lists J Bald at 4417 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John Bald there as the householder, a chief engineer at Canadian Pacific Steamships.

The 1940 name section lists John Bald at 3537 West 3rd Avenue, a mechanic. R G Bald is listed at 3444 West 5th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert G Bald there as the householder, a bus driver at the BC Electric Railway, with Muriel E Bald, a stenographer at the Vancouver City School Board.

Today

2222 Alma, 4417 West 10th and 3444 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2222 Alma on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 5767 Joyce (1985) and 5713 Kerr (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3537 West 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.