A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Hallatts
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Hallatt at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Hallatts lived
- 1
1118 Haro Street
West End, 1940
- J Hallatt, rooms to let 1940
- William N Hallatt, an electrician 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs K Pyke at 1114 and J Gosse at 1126. The block, door by door
- 2
3290 West 29th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- R W Hallatt, a printer 1940
Next door in 1940: L H Davies at 3286 and W Hamilton at 3294. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an electrician and a printer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and West End. 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 J Hallatt, rooms to let, at 1118 Haro Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William N Hallatt there, an electrician. In 1940 the directory lists R W Hallatt, a printer, at 3290 West 29th 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 lists Reginald W Hallatt there as the householder, a printer.
Today
3290 West 29th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1118 Haro, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Hallatt J rooms1118 Haro, p. 71
- Hallatt Wm N electn1118 Haro, p. 249
- *Hallatt R W prntr3290 West 29th, p. 245
- Hallatt Regd W prntr3290 West 29th, p. 249
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Hallatts
Every directory, as one book
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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.