A family name on West 36th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Halls
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Hall at two addresses in 1940, all on West 36th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
2150 West 36th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- C H Hall, a painter 1940
- Mary E Hall, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: A W Boggs at 2138 and A E King at 2160. The block, door by door
- 2
3675 West 36th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- O G Hall, a salesman at Kemp & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: F P Lightbody at 3657 and J Eagle at 3691. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a painter, a salesman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 C H Hall at 2150 West 36th 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 Charles H Hall there as the householder, a painter, with Mary E Hall, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists O G Hall at 3675 West 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ormond G Hall there as the householder, a salesman at Kemp & Co.
Today
3675 West 36th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 2150 West 36th (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Hall C H2150 West 36th, p. 252
- Hall Chas H pntr2150 West 36th, p. 248
- Hall Mary E sten2150 West 36th, p. 248
- *Hall O G3675 West 36th, p. 252
- Hall Ormond G slsmn Kemp & Co3675 West 36th, 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.