A family name on Prince Edward Street, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant and Sunset
The Halls
In the city directories 1940 · six people at one address
The directories print six people named Hall at one address, 5294 Prince Edward Street in Riley Park, in 1940. The directories print the name on 125 other streets too, all listed on the Hall name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Halls at home
- 1
5294 Prince Edward Street
Riley Park, 1940
- E Hall, a carpenter at D Hall Sign 1940
- Cecil E Hall, a painter for Walburn Neon 1940
- David G Hall, a painter at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Isabella Hall, widow of D J 1940
- Phyllis M Hall, a clerk at Spencer's 1940
- Richard T Hall 1940
Next door in 1940: M Rulton at 5268. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a painter (2), a carpenter and a clerk. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Riley Park. 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 E Hall at 5294 Prince Edward 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 Ernest Hall there as the householder, a carpenter at D Hall Sign, with Cecil E Hall, a painter for Walburn Neon, David G Hall, a painter at the BC Electric Railway, Isabella Hall, widow of D J, Phyllis M Hall, a clerk at Spencer's, and Richard T Hall.
Today
5294 Prince Edward still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Hall E5294 Prince Edward, p. 137
- Hall Cecil E pntr Walburn Neon5294 Prince Edward, p. 248
- Hall David G pntr BCER5294 Prince Edward, p. 248
- Hall Ernest carp D Hall Sign5294 Prince Edward, p. 248
- Hall Isabella wid D J5294 Prince Edward, p. 248
- Hall Phyllis M clk Spencers5294 Prince Edward, p. 248
- Hall Richd T5294 Prince Edward, 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.