A family name on West 17th Avenue, South Cambie, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands
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 West 17th 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
Cambie
- 1
328 West 17th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- W R Black, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- M Winifred Black, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: J F R Insley at 318 and R L Robison at 342. The block, door by door
- 2
946 West 17th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- J Black, an apprentice at the Canadian (BC) Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: E R Edwards at 944 and Miss I Walker at 948. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an apprentice, a motorman and an operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park and South Cambie. 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 R Black at 328 West 17th 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 Walter R Black there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway, with M Winifred Black, an operator at the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists J Black at 946 West 17th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Jacob Black there as the householder, an apprentice at the Canadian (BC) Telephone.
Today
328 West 17th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 946 West 17th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Black W R328 West 17th, p. 225
- Black M Winifred opr BC Tel328 West 17th, p. 50
- Black Walter R mtrmn BCER328 West 17th, p. 50
- *Black J946 West 17th, p. 225
- Black Jacob appr Can (BC) Tel946 West 17th, 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.