A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Blacks
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Black at two addresses in 1940, all on West 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.
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
2449 West 3rd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W L Black, a kiln operator at Canadian White Pine 1940
Next door in 1940: R W T Browning at 2435 and hilton house at 2465. The block, door by door
- 2
4678 West 3rd Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J E Black, an auditor at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Moore at 4666 and T H Hutchinson at 4686. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an auditor and a kiln operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 L Black at 2449 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Wallace L Black there as the householder, a kiln operator at Canadian White Pine. In 1940 the directory lists J E Black at 4678 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John E Black there as the householder, an auditor at the BC Government.
Today
4678 West 3rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2449 West 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Black W L2449 West 3rd, p. 179
- Black Wallace L kiln opr Can White Pine2449 West 3rd, p. 50
- Black J E4678 West 3rd, p. 180
- Black John E aud BC Govt4678 West 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.