A family name on Pendrell Street, West End
The Halls
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Hall at three addresses in 1940, all on Pendrell 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
1325 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- W S Hall, a seaman at Imperial Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss S Gibson at 1331. The block, door by door
- 2
1893 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- Edward Hall 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Simmonds at 1877. The block, door by door
- 3
1901 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- J H Hall, a school principal 1940
Next door in 1940: R Hopkins at 1915. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a school principal and a seaman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3). 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 S Hall at 1325 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Walter S Hall there as the householder, a seaman at Imperial Oil. The 1940 name section lists Edward Hall at 1893 Pendrell Street.
J H Hall is listed at 1901 Pendrell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John H Hall there as the householder, a school principal.
Today
1325 Pendrell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1893 Pendrell and 1901 Pendrell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hall W S1325 Pendrell, p. 132
- Hall Walter S seamn Imp Oil1325 Pendrell, p. 248
- Hall Edw1893 Pendrell, p. 248
- Hall J H1901 Pendrell, p. 132
- Hall John H sch prin Van City1901 Pendrell, p. 248
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Halls
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Hall 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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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.