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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Blacks

In the city directories 1940 · 128 addresses on 88 streets

The directories print the Black name at 128 addresses on 88 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Blacks lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown18 addresses
  2. West End17 addresses
  3. Kensington-Cedar Cottage15 addresses
  4. Dunbar-Southlands12 addresses
  5. Fairview10 addresses
  6. Grandview-Woodland9 addresses
  7. Kitsilano7 addresses
  8. Riley Park6 addresses
  9. Mount Pleasant4 addresses
  10. Shaughnessy4 addresses
  11. West Point Grey4 addresses
  12. Arbutus Ridge3 addresses
  13. Kerrisdale3 addresses
  14. Marpole3 addresses
  15. Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
  16. Strathcona3 addresses
  17. Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
  18. South Cambie2 addresses
  19. Hastings-Sunrise1 address
  20. Killarney1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Granville StreetFive addresses in Downtown; six people: Alfred R Black, Irene Black, Melville T Black and three more
    1940
  2. 2
    Robson StreetFour addresses in Downtown and West End; four people: G L Black, C W Black, Grace Black and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 12th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; nine people: F Black, R S Black, W Black and six more
    1940
  4. 4
    West 37th AvenueFour addresses in Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; ten people: W S Black, D L Black, G B Black and seven more
    1940
  5. 5
    West BroadwayFour addresses in Fairview; five people: Mrs J L Black, Eileen D Black, George Black and two more
    1940
  6. 6
    Blenheim StreetThree addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; six people: W Black, A P Black, D R Black and three more
    1940
  7. 7
    Bute StreetThree addresses in West End; four people: J R Black, J R Black, Kaye Black and one more
    1940
  8. 8
    Thurlow StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: Mrs M Black, Frank Black and William G Black
    1940
  9. 9
    Alberni StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Cecil Black and Miss F Black
    1940
  10. 10
    Comox StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Doug R Black and Robert Black
    1940
  11. 11
    East 3rd AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; three people: W J Black, R R Black and Malcolm L Black
    1940
  12. 12
    East 4th AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; two people: A Black and John W Black
    1940

76 more streets, by name: Aberdeen Street (1), Adanac Street (1), Argyle Street (1), Beach Avenue (1), Beatrice Street (1), Cameron Avenue (1), Chester Street (1), Cheyenne Avenue (1), Churchill Street (1), Commercial Street (1), Davie Street (1), Dundas Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 32nd Avenue (1), East 33rd Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), Fleming Street (1), French Street (1), Haro Street (1), Helmcken Street (1), Henry Street (1), Highbury Street (1), Homer Street (1), Howe Street (2), Hudson Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Kitchener Street (2), Lakewood Drive (1), Main Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), Melville Street (1), Miller Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Richards Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Tyne Street (1), Venables Street (1), Walden Street (1), Welwyn Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (2), West 14th Avenue (2), West 17th Avenue (2), West 18th Avenue (2), West 19th Avenue (2), West 1st Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (2), West 28th Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (2), West 41st Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (2), West 61st Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (2), West 8th Avenue (2), West Georgia Street (2), West Pender Street (2), Windsor Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 128 addresses, 53 still have their buildings from before 1946, 25 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 50; each street's page names them.

The book of the Blacks

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under B. Want a name removed? Tell us.