A family name on West 45th Avenue, Kerrisdale and Oakridge
The Blacks
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Black at two addresses in 1940, all on West 45th 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: three Blacks at 2135 West 45th 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
2135 West 45th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- C C Black, an agent at J H Watson Insurance 1940
- Chesley L J Black, a student 1940
- Monica L Black 1940
Next door in 1940: L A Lepper at 2125 and G S Bradley at 2141. The block, door by door
- 2
2408 West 45th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Black (no first name printed) 1940
- Black (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: J Ransom at 2420. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the five: an agent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (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 C C Black at 2135 West 45th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cyril C Black there as the householder, an agent at J H Watson Insurance, with Chesley L J Black, a student, and Monica L Black. In 1940 the directory lists Black (no first name printed) at 2408 West 45th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Black (no first name printed) there as the householder.
Today
2135 West 45th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 2408 West 45th (2012) 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 C C2135 West 45th, p. 262
- Black Chesley L J studt2135 West 45th, p. 50
- Black Cyril C agt J H Watson Ins2135 West 45th, p. 50
- Black Monica L2135 West 45th, p. 50
- Black Mrs —2408 West 45th, p. 262
- Black Mrs —2408 West 45th, 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.