A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Blacks
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Black at four addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
848 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- James Black, of Abbott Taxi 1940
Next door in 1940: H W Ramage at 844 and Mrs A C Flett at 866. The block, door by door
- 2
934 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- Miss E D Black 1940
- Eileen D Black, a nurse at the Victorian Order of Nurses 1940
Next door in 1940: W T Jasper at 924 and Mrs L Torrance at 944. The block, door by door
- 3
1075 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs J L Black 1940
Next door in 1940: N Boxer at 1073 and Blaikie Cookie Co at 1077. The block, door by door
- 4
1255 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- George Black 1940
Next door in 1940: C Matthison at 1245 and Miss F Livingston at 1265. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a nurse.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (4). 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 James Black at 848 West Broadway, of Abbott Taxi. Miss E D Black is listed at 934 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Eileen D Black there as the householder, a nurse at the Victorian Order of Nurses.
Mrs J L Black is listed at 1075 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Jean L Black there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists George Black at 1255 West Broadway.
Today
The City no longer lists 848 West Broadway, 934 West Broadway, 1075 West Broadway and 1255 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Black Jas of Abbott Taxi848 West Broadway, p. 50
- Black Miss E D934 West Broadway, p. 17
- Black Eileen D nurse VON934 West Broadway, p. 50
- Black Mrs J L1075 West Broadway, p. 17
- Black Mrs Jean L1075 West Broadway, p. 50
- Black Geo1255 West Broadway, 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.