A family name on West 27th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie and Shaughnessy
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 27th 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Blacks lived
- 1
1215 West 27th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- A S Black, a superintendent at the Post Office 1940
- James S Black, a warehouseman for G R Gregg 1940
Next door in 1940: J Thorburn at 1225. The block, door by door
- 2
3216 West 27th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Jean R Black, a nurse for Dr G Campbell 1940
Next door in 1940: G F Little at 3228. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a nurse, a superintendent and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Shaughnessy. 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 A S Black at 1215 West 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alex S Black there as the householder, a superintendent at the Post Office, with James S Black, a warehouseman for G R Gregg. The 1940 name section lists Jean R Black at 3216 West 27th Avenue, a nurse for Dr G Campbell.
Today
1215 West 27th and 3216 West 27th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Black A S1215 West 27th, p. 242
- Black Alex S supt PO1215 West 27th, p. 50
- Black Jas S whsmn G R Gregg1215 West 27th, p. 50
- Black Jean R nurse Dr G Campbell3216 West 27th, 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.