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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Halls

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Hall at three addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Halls at 4306 West 13th in 1940. 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

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

    1126 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Walter Hall, a barber at Vancouver Block Barber Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr A J MacLachlan at 1116 and L F Marshall at 1130. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3730 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J P Hall, a salesman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Garrett at 3714 and Mrs K E Connor at 3738. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4306 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Miss H M Hall 1940
    • Hylda M Hall, a stenographer at Johnson & Reeve 1940
    • Grace J Hall 1940
    • Victoria M Hall 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C S Robertson at 4314. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a barber, a salesman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2) and Fairview. 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 Walter Hall at 1126 West 13th Avenue, a barber at Vancouver Block Barber Shop. J P Hall is listed at 3730 West 13th Avenue in 1940; 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 James P Hall there as the householder, a salesman at the BC Electric Railway.

Miss H M Hall is listed at 4306 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hylda M Hall there as the householder, a stenographer at Johnson & Reeve, with Grace J Hall and Victoria M Hall.

Today

4306 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; 1126 West 13th (1959) and 3730 West 13th (1990) have newer buildings, 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.
1940

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

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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.