A family name on Charles Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Halls
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Hall at four addresses in 1940, all on Charles Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 125 other streets too, all listed on the Hall name's own page.
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Where the Halls lived
- 1
2670 Charles Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- F Hall, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: E J Brennan at 2610 and F H Shannon at 2676. The block, door by door
- 2
2802 Charles Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- T J Hall, an assistant shipper at Brettell Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Draper at 2816. The block, door by door
- 3
3028 Charles Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- F G Hall, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: R C Scott at 3016 and T D Manders at 3038. The block, door by door
- 4
3317 Charles Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- T J Hall, a teamster at the City of Vancouver 1940
- Bessie M Hall, a weaver at the West Coast Woollen Mills 1940
Next door in 1940: A F Phipps at 3311 and G Scaife at 3343. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: an assistant shipper, a fireman, a salesman, a teamster and a weaver. Two of them worked for Vancouver City.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (4). 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 F Hall at 2670 Charles Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Hall there as the householder, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists T J Hall at 2802 Charles Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas J Hall there as the householder, an assistant shipper at Brettell Ltd.
In 1940 the directory lists F G Hall at 3028 Charles Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick G Hall there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.
In June 1916 T J Hall took out the permit to build a house at 3317 Charles Street. In 1940 the directory lists T J Hall at 3317 Charles Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas J Hall there as the householder, a teamster at the City of Vancouver, with Bessie M Hall, a weaver at the West Coast Woollen Mills.
Today
2802 Charles and 3317 Charles still have their buildings from before 1946; 2670 Charles (1994) and 3028 Charles (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Hall F2670 Charles, p. 29
- Hall Frank slsmn2670 Charles, p. 248
- *Hall T J2802 Charles, p. 29
- Hall Thos J asst shpr Brettell Ltd2802 Charles, p. 248
- *Hall F G3028 Charles, p. 29
- Hall Fredk G firmn Van City3028 Charles, p. 248
- *Hall T J3317 Charles, p. 29
- Hall Bessie M weaver West Coast Woollen Mills3317 Charles, p. 248
- Hall Thos J tmstr Van City3317 Charles, p. 248
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Halls
Every directory, as one book
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Another name, or a house
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.