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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Haleses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Hales at six 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.

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Where the Haleses 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

    337 East 39th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs C E Hales 1940
    • G Elizabeth Hales, widow of E 1940

    Next door in 1940: T J Allen at 319 and E J Sopp at 359. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2762 East 43rd Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • W Hales, a smoker at Swifts 1940

    Next door in 1940: M T New at 2740. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1668 Nanton Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Eileen K Heales, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs W A Radcliffe at 1656 and Dr F A Turnbull at 1680. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1555 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs May Hales 1940

    Next door in 1940: H McKibbin at 1543. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    24 Water Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Robert Heales, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Western Cordage Canada at 20 and United Uphol at 26. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2928 West 44th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • C W Hales, a chief clerk at Canadian Industries Limited 1940
    • Roy A Hales, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: A T Vroom at 2918 and P B H Ramsay at 2938. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: a chief clerk, a clerk and a smoker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kerrisdale, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, Victoria-Fraserview and West End. 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 Mrs C E Hales at 337 East 39th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists G Elizabeth Hales there as the householder, widow of E. In 1940 the directory lists W Hales at 2762 East 43rd 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 Walter Hales there as the householder, a smoker at Swifts.

The 1940 name section lists Eileen K Heales at 1668 Nanton Avenue, a student. The 1940 name section lists Mrs May Hales at 1555 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert Heales at 24 Water Street, retired.

C W Hales is listed at 2928 West 44th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clif W Hales there as the householder, a chief clerk at Canadian Industries Limited, with Roy A Hales, a clerk.

Today

1668 Nanton and 2928 West 44th still have their buildings from before 1946; 337 East 39th (1981) and 2762 East 43rd (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1555 Robson and 24 Water, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.