A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Blacklocks
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Blacklock at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Blacklocks lived
- 1
589 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- C Blacklock, a wireless operator at Imperial Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: Day R S & Son Ltd at 567 and W C Beattie at 591. The block, door by door
- 2
5515 Churchill Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Mrs Adelaide Blacklock, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: H C Elliott at 5549. The block, door by door
- 3
807 East 59th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- W S Blacklock, a cook 1940
Next door in 1940: A Stadel at 847. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a cook, a saleswoman and a wireless operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Shaughnessy and Sunset. 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 Blacklock at 589 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles Blacklock there as the householder, a wireless operator at Imperial Oil. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Adelaide Blacklock at 5515 Churchill Street, a saleswoman at Spencer's.
W S Blacklock is listed at 807 East 59th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Walter S Blacklock there as the householder, a cook.
Today
5515 Churchill still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 807 East 59th (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 589 Burrard, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Blacklock C589 Burrard, p. 22
- Blacklock Chas wireless opr Imp Oil589 Burrard, p. 51
- Blacklock Mrs Adelaide slswm Spencers5515 Churchill, p. 51
- *Blacklock W S807 East 59th, p. 269
- Blacklock Walter S cook807 East 59th, p. 51
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Blacklocks
Every directory, as one book
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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.