A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Halls
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Hall at two addresses in 1940, all on West 6th 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
429 West 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- R A Hall, a dairyman at Associated Dairies 1940
Next door in 1940: E H Giles at 427 and E B McLean at 453. The block, door by door
- 2
2725 West 6th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Margaret A Hall, widow of A D 1940
Next door in 1940: E L Sutton at 2727. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a dairyman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 R A Hall at 429 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Roy A Hall there as the householder, a dairyman at Associated Dairies. The 1940 name section lists Margaret A Hall at 2725 West 6th Avenue, widow of A D.
Today
2725 West 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 429 West 6th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hall R A429 West 6th, p. 187
- Hall Roy A dairymn Assoc Dairies429 West 6th, p. 248
- Hall Margt A wid A D2725 West 6th, 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.