A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Challoners
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Challoner at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Challoners lived
- 1
1165 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Harriet F Chaloner, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
- Hazel I Chaloner, a salesman at Sobies Silk Shops 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss F H Eachus at 1155 and W C Arnett at 1175. The block, door by door
- 2
2107 West 51st Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- R L Challoner, a clerk at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: C H Robinson at 2115. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a nurse and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Kerrisdale. 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 Harriet F Chaloner at 1165 West 10th Avenue, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital, with Hazel I Chaloner, a salesman at Sobies Silk Shops. R L Challoner is listed at 2107 West 51st 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 Robert L Challoner there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Government.
Today
2107 West 51st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 1165 West 10th (1963) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Chaloner Harriet F nurse Van Genl Hosp1165 West 10th, p. 104
- Chaloner Hazel I slsmn Sobies Silk Shops1165 West 10th, p. 104
- *Challoner R L2107 West 51st, p. 266
- Challoner Robt L clk BC Govt2107 West 51st, p. 104
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Challoners
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Challoner 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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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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.