A family name on West 19th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Blacks
In the city directories 1940 · seven people at two addresses
The directories print seven people named Black at two addresses in 1940, all on West 19th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: six Blacks at 3 West 19th in 1940. 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
3 West 19th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- J D Black, an engineer 1940
- Hilda Black 1940
- Margaret F R Black, an office secretary at the IODE 1940
- Mildred M C Black, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver 1940
- Rachel Black, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
- Roger Black, a millworker 1940
Next door in 1940: G Schoberg at 7. The block, door by door
- 2
4003 West 19th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W M Black, who worked for Metro Health Vancouver City 1940
Next door in 1940: Rev R Herbison at 4007. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: an engineer, a millworker, a nurse, an office secretary and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Riley Park. 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 J D Black at 3 West 19th 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 John D Black there as the householder, an engineer, with Hilda Black, Margaret F R Black, an office secretary at the IODE, Mildred M C Black, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver, Rachel Black, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital, and Roger Black, a millworker. In 1940 the directory lists W M Black at 4003 West 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William M Black there as the householder, who worked for Metro Health Vancouver City.
Today
3 West 19th and 4003 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Black J D3 West 19th, p. 228
- Black Hilda3 West 19th, p. 50
- Black John D eng3 West 19th, p. 50
- Black Margt F R office sec IODE3 West 19th, p. 50
- Black Mildred M C sten Van City3 West 19th, p. 50
- Black Rachel nurse Van Genl Hosp3 West 19th, p. 50
- Black Roger mlwkr3 West 19th, p. 50
- Black W M4003 West 19th, p. 229
- Black Wm M quarantine offcer Metro Health Van City4003 West 19th, 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.