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A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Halls

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at four addresses

The directories print nine people named Hall at four addresses in 1940, all on West 15th 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: five Halls at 2235 West 15th 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

    2235 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs C C Hall, widow of N C 1940
    • C Ruth Hall, a stenographer 1940
    • Ernest H Hall, a carpenter 1940
    • Frederick A Hall 1940
    • Helen F Hall, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Hunter at 2233 and F J Davis at 2239. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4257 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • E T Hall, a salesman at Birks-Crawford 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Venelle at 4253 and G E Taylor at 4267. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4367 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs E A Hall 1940
    • W Marjorie Hall, a stenographer at Yorkshire & Canadian Trust 1940

    Next door in 1940: H P Leck at 4363 and J Almond at 4377. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4384 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • N Hall, a serviceman at UBC Service Station 1940

    Next door in 1940: and Adamson Scotland at 4378 and A G Fellows at 4388. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: a stenographer (3), a carpenter, a salesman and a serviceman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (3) and Kitsilano. 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 C Hall at 2235 West 15th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Cath C Hall there as the householder, widow of N C, with C Ruth Hall, a stenographer, Ernest H Hall, a carpenter, Frederick A Hall, and Helen F Hall, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists E T Hall at 4257 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Eric T Hall there as the householder, a salesman at Birks-Crawford.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E A Hall at 4367 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Elsie A Hall there as the householder, with W Marjorie Hall, a stenographer at Yorkshire & Canadian Trust. In 1940 the directory lists N Hall at 4384 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Neville Hall there as the householder, a serviceman at UBC Service Station.

Today

2235 West 15th and 4257 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4367 West 15th (1988) and 4384 West 15th (1987) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 13 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.