A family name on East 3rd Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise
The Blacks
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Black at two addresses in 1940, all on East 3rd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 87 other streets too, all listed on the Black name's own page.
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Where the Blacks lived
- 1
1562 East 3rd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- W J Black, a circulation district manager at the News Herald 1940
Next door in 1940: C T Maxwell at 1546 and J A Beauchamp at 1568. The block, door by door
- 2
1923 East 3rd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- R R Black, proprietor of Black Motor Freight 1940
- Malcolm L Black 1940
Next door in 1940: H G Lang at 1917 and A F Simpson at 1929. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a circulation district manager and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2). 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 W J Black at 1562 East 3rd 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 William J Black there as the householder, an oiler at R & H Sawmill, with William J Black Jr, a circulation district manager at the News Herald. In 1940 the directory lists R R Black at 1923 East 3rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert R Black there as the householder, proprietor of Black Motor Freight, with Malcolm L Black.
Today
1923 East 3rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1562 East 3rd (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Black W J1562 East 3rd, p. 178
- Black Wm J oiler R & H Sawmill1562 East 3rd, p. 50
- Black Wm J Jr circ dist mgr News Herald1562 East 3rd, p. 50
- *Black R R1923 East 3rd, p. 178
- Black Malc L1923 East 3rd, p. 50
- Black Robt R prop Black Motor Frt1923 East 3rd, p. 50
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Blacks
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Black name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.