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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Blackmans

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at seven addresses

The directories print twelve people named Blackman at seven addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Blackmans at 1324 East 10th in 1940.

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Where the Blackmans lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3754 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W R Blackman, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Davie at 3752 and J D Marston at 3764. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3538 Dunbar Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Iva L E Blackman, a nurse at Medical-Dental Hospital Unit 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Webb at 3520 and F S Skelhorne at 3556. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1324 East 10th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G W Blackman, a mechanic at Canadian Liquid Air 1940
    • Edith M Blackman, a helper at Canadian Boxes 1940
    • Ernest G Blackman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Muir at 1316 and J N Waughan at 1336. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    44 West 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F T Blackman, a car repairer at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: B G Hamly at 38 and S Chadwick at 50. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    117 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G T Blackman, who worked for Associated Dairies 1940
    • June E Blackman, a stitcher at National Paper Box 1940
    • Mary E Blackman 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Stein at 101 and P R Crain at 123. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3235 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J H Blackman, a core maker at the McLean & Powell Iron Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Edmonds at 3229 and J Bellows at 3251. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    679 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • J A Blackman, a longshoreman 1940
    • Albert Blackman, a meat cutter 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Webber at 675 and Service Gar at 685. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the twelve: a car repairer, a core maker, a helper, a longshoreman, a meat cutter and a mechanic, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and Riley Park. 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 R Blackman at 3754 Commercial Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William R Blackman there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Iva L E Blackman at 3538 Dunbar Street, a nurse at Medical-Dental Hospital Unit.

G W Blackman is listed at 1324 East 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George W Blackman there as the householder, a mechanic at Canadian Liquid Air, with Edith M Blackman, a helper at Canadian Boxes, and Ernest G Blackman. F T Blackman is listed at 44 West 17th 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 Frederick T Blackman there as the householder, a car repairer at the BC Electric Railway.

G T Blackman is listed at 117 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George T Blackman there as the householder, who worked for Associated Dairies, with June E Blackman, a stitcher at National Paper Box, and Mary E Blackman. J H Blackman is listed at 3235 West 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph H Blackman there as the householder, a core maker at the McLean & Powell Iron Works.

J A Blackman is listed at 679 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Joseph A Blackman there as the householder, a longshoreman, with Albert Blackman, a meat cutter.

Today

3538 Dunbar, 1324 East 10th and 44 West 17th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3754 Commercial (2006) and 3235 West 7th (1978) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 117 West 7th and 679 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 18 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.