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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dalls

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Dall at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Dalls lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    514 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • John Dall, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Kawaguchi at 512 and K Aoyama at 516. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    940 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Laries Amorosa Dal, a shoemaker for P Paris 1940

    Next door in 1940: D M Sinclair at 932 and Mrs J Gurvitz at 946. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    506 East 44th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • R J Dall, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Hall at 526. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1465 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Florence Dall, who worked for the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: simcoe lodge at 1455. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1536 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Nan Dall, a stenographer at the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Foster at 1512 and A P Joel at 1546. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3466 West 26th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C N Dall, a president at Dall's Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W Nursey at 3454 and A F S Walton at 3476. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1954 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Nels Dall, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Simplex Marine Supply at 1950 and W T Powell at 1964. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a laborer, a logger, a president, a shoemaker and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Fairview (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Strathcona 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Dall at 514 Alexander Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Laries Amorosa Dal at 940 Burrard Street, a shoemaker for P Paris. In 1940 the directory lists R J Dall at 506 East 44th Avenue; 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 J Dall there as the householder, a laborer.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Florence Dall at 1465 West 14th Avenue, who worked for the Vancouver Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Nan Dall at 1536 West 14th Avenue, a stenographer at the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau. In 1940 the directory lists C N Dall at 3466 West 26th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Christian N Dall there as the householder, a president at Dall's Ltd.

The 1940 name section lists Nels Dall at 1954 West Georgia Street as the householder, a logger.

Today

514 Alexander, 1465 West 14th and 1536 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 506 East 44th (2006) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 940 Burrard, 3466 West 26th and 1954 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Dalls

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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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.