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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Beals

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Beal at six addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Beall. 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 Beals at 300 East 14th in 1940.

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Where the Beals 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

    2264 Cornwall Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R D Beal, proprietor of Harting Manor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs I G Beddeson at 2254 and Mrs A B Watson at 2272. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1668 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs E Beal 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Puder at 1648 and Mrs F S Haskins at 1674. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    300 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • C T Beall, a machinist at Morrison Steel 1940
    • Charlotte R Beall, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
    • Dorothea P Beall 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Frew at 304. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    804 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Beal (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McGregor at 806. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1448 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss D Beal 1940
    • Dorothy Beal, proprietor of Renovate Mattress Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Dennis at 1434 and E C Rixon at 1454. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1663 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • D Beal, a physician instructor at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Sivertsen at 1653 and Miss A J Macey at 1665. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a proprietor (2), a machinist, a physician instructor and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Downtown, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and West End. 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 R D Beal at 2264 Cornwall 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Roy D Beal there as the householder, proprietor of Harting Manor. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Beal at 1668 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Edith Beal there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists C T Beall at 300 East 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles T Beall there as the householder, a machinist at Morrison Steel, with Charlotte R Beall, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company, and Dorothea P Beall. The 1940 name section lists Beal (no first name printed) at 804 Homer Street.

Miss D Beal is listed at 1448 West 6th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Dorothy Beal there as the householder, proprietor of Renovate Mattress Co. D Beal is listed at 1663 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Don Beal there as the householder, a physician instructor at the BC Government.

Today

1668 Davie (1964) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2264 Cornwall, 300 East 14th, 804 Homer, 1448 West 6th and 1663 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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.