A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
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 7th 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
576 West 7th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Annie Black, widow of H 1940
Next door in 1940: W C Wallace at 570. The block, door by door
- 2
2565 West 7th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- N F Black, a school teacher 1940
- G Margaret Black, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A Fowler at 2555 and Miss R E Williams at 2575. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Kitsilano. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Annie Black at 576 West 7th Avenue, widow of H. N F Black is listed at 2565 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Norman F Black there as the householder, a school teacher, with G Margaret Black, a student.
Today
The City no longer lists 576 West 7th and 2565 West 7th, so those buildings are 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 Annie wid H576 West 7th, p. 50
- Black N F2565 West 7th, p. 192
- Black G Margt studt2565 West 7th, p. 50
- Black Norman F sch tchr Van City2565 West 7th, p. 50
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.